From the Adam Smith Institute to the Zapatistas
An Internet Gateway to all development knowledge
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11919670 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alex Wilks (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 327-337 |
| Publication date | 2002-09-12 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Compare A Journal of Comparative and International Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0305-7925 • E-ISSN: 1469-3623 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0305792022000007481 |
| OpenAlex | W2012589192 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 4 |
This article critically examines a major World Bank Internet initiative, the Development Gateway. It describes the importance of the World Bank as the Knowledge Bank and the threats posed by the Internet to its near monopoly of development thinking. The Bank's Gateway plan attempts to bring together views of all stakeholders on a large number of topics at both global and country level. The article argues that this effort is naive, impossible and dangerous. The initiative, which will marginalise dissident and minority views, reveals biases and misunderstandings in the World Bank's overall approach to knowledge for development
Business · Economic growth · Economics · Gateway (web page · Market economy · Monopoly · Plan (archaeology · Political science · Public relations · The Internet · World Wide Web · Computer Science · History · ICT Impact and Policies · ICT in Developing Communities
| Citations per year | 0.17 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2002 - 2015 (14) |
| Highly cited | No |