Citizens are now expected to fight for what should rightfully accrue to them as a matter of routine. And this is in addition to paying all kinds of taxes which helps run governments. All in the name of active citizenry. This shift from public administration to private management is not advisable
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In this third part, we examine how data is managed (and has to be) as the process of research gets going. We also look at the challenges in specifying information requirements for any research and what lessons can be learnt from concurrent engineering
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While historically tax has been defined as a payment for which we cannot expect anything in return, the time has come to challenge this idea as accountability of governments is a citizens’ demand
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Big data has been used in and for development much before the UN’s Global Pulse project by Dr MS Swaminathan through the Rural Knowledge Centres. Big data holds a huge promise but must be carefully used lest there be just a fascination with all its techniques
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It is appalling that for all the discussion and debate on Keynes, there is no mention of what is the single most important concept in his work
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