E-governance and social inclusion: Community e-centers in the Philippines

• Main Author: Magno, Francisco A.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2014
• Subjects: Community information services > Philippines; Community centers > Philippines; Political Science; Public Administration; Science and Technology Policy
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/3588; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/faculty_research/article/4590/type/native/viewcontent/978_1_4666_6106_6.ch016
• Institution: De La Salle University

This chapter presents a case study of community e-Centers in the Philippines. Developed as part of the pilot multi-purpose community centres program in the late 1990s and expanded as part of Philippine Development Plans, the centres were envisaged as local entry points for residents to access information and services, especially in rural areas of the country. The case study touches on the problems when content lags behind the provision of hard infrastructure, a problem associated with many e-government projects, especially in less-developed countries. © 2014, IGI Global.