Sustainable Development
Swedish Business School Informatics, Orebro University Sweden Project work thesis
Knowledge based sustainable development-case Gilgit-Baltistan Pakistan. Spring Semester: 2010 Supervisor: Assistant professor Anders Avdic Author: Liaqut Ali E-mail Address: liaqut.alih091@student.oru.se 1
Acknowledgement
I would like to extend many thanks to my Assistant professor and supervisor Anders
Avdic for his kind guidance and continues support for carrying out this study and helping me throughout. My thanks go to SPIDER Sweden for granting me travel expenses for my field visit to Pakistan and I would like to thank Aga khan Rural Support Program
(AKRSP) Pakistan for helping me to conduct Interview sessions during my field visit in
Pakistan.
Last but not least, I would like to thank and express my appreciation for my kind, devoted sister Nabat Ali for her encouragement and immeasurable support throughout my life and educational career. Without her love and support I would have never been able to make it through this journey. 2
Abstract
Sustainable development is a knowledge-based set of practices. A knowledge based society and knowledge sharing environment can make the development process sustainable and goals of the development process achievable. Gilgit-Baltistan is a remote region of Pakistan situated in the north part of the country. Being a rural area it has been subject to the development process by many NGO’s, donor agencies and government agencies. For the past two decades many projects have been initiated on various scales but these initiatives need sustainability. The modern day’s information and communication technology has gradually become parts of the development
Knowledge based sustainable development-case Gilgit-Baltistan Pakistan. Spring Semester: 2010 Supervisor: Assistant professor Anders Avdic Author: Liaqut Ali E-mail Address: liaqut.alih091@student.oru.se 1
Acknowledgement
I would like to extend many thanks to my Assistant professor and supervisor Anders
Avdic for his kind guidance and continues support for carrying out this study and helping me throughout. My thanks go to SPIDER Sweden for granting me travel expenses for my field visit to Pakistan and I would like to thank Aga khan Rural Support Program
(AKRSP) Pakistan for helping me to conduct Interview sessions during my field visit in
Pakistan.
Last but not least, I would like to thank and express my appreciation for my kind, devoted sister Nabat Ali for her encouragement and immeasurable support throughout my life and educational career. Without her love and support I would have never been able to make it through this journey. 2
Abstract
Sustainable development is a knowledge-based set of practices. A knowledge based society and knowledge sharing environment can make the development process sustainable and goals of the development process achievable. Gilgit-Baltistan is a remote region of Pakistan situated in the north part of the country. Being a rural area it has been subject to the development process by many NGO’s, donor agencies and government agencies. For the past two decades many projects have been initiated on various scales but these initiatives need sustainability. The modern day’s information and communication technology has gradually become parts of the development