Innovative Financial Advisors Pvt. Ltd. believes that Behavior change is the most crucial and most important element of development initiatives.
Innovative Financial Advisors Pvt. Ltd. India believes that there are simple messages and then, there are complex ones. The complex issues are the once which propose a challenge to human development when required to be communicated. Issues of 'pro choice' and "abortion” still remain a taboo in the most developed economies of the world like 'The United States' and Ireland, who apparently have a liberal approach towards women's rights and empowerment. The latter is the country where an Indian citizen died as a result of septicemia and was denied abortion by the law of the country.
This is a complex situation arising from epoch old religious and societal Taboos. Now here is where communication needs to take a giant leap in order to address these intricacies which plague the society and is taking lives of individuals. Innovative Financial Advisors Pvt. Ltd. Delhi believes that Information Communication technology encompasses all the technology that facilitates the processing of, transfer and exchange of information and communication services across formal and informal sectors. By the late twentieth century rapid advances in technology changed the traditional ways in which information is processed, conducted and services are delivered. ICT has the key to revolutionarize operations and the way individuals communicate, transforming society into "information Society". An information society has ability to access, search, create and exchange information for individual and collective well being. The complex messages can be communicated in simple but contemplative fashion, providing food for thought and opportunity for discussion.
In the 1990’s, with the rise of internet, many saw ICT as a formidable tool to bridge the gap between the developing countries and the developed ones. When utilized fittingly ICT can have a dramatic impact on society and most importantly individual behavior change patterns. Innovative Financial Advisors Pvt. Ltd. believes that Behavior change is the most crucial and most important element of development initiatives. Progress arrives, only when individuals become more wiling and accepting towards new or rather, the right ideas. The exquisiteness of ICT lies in its relevance for the poor. It is fundamental in delivery of services such as health, education and creation of economic opportunities for the poor. However, Innovative Financial Advisors Pvt. Ltd. capitalizing on ICT depends immensely on infrastructure and access but also on the degree of ICT related human capacity. But certain, very simple technologies such as 'community radios' have much less difficulty related to access and reach, but it’s imperative to disseminate information in vernacular languages for maximum knowledge retention. For this idea to flourish the capacity to provide and maintain infrastructure should be made available at a reasonable price to ensure its sustainability.
According to the development economist Dr. Abhijeet Banerjee the poor have the least knowledge of climate change, but are and will be the worst victims of the same. Climate Change is a highly debatable and complex issue. Forget the poor even the rich and educated fail to understand it. Systematic ICT efforts are needed to communicate the science and implications of Climate Change. Community radios, digital videos, public interest messages, sms’s, telecom helpdesks (for Q and A; s), web based portals for SHG's and CBO’s (community based organizations) can sensitize millions in a region at a time if managed and run consistently.
In Central America Government and Universities have set up an initiative to provide ICT related environmental training capacities within the region. The project provides public and private organizations with the capability to place environmental, social, economic and related data online. It also familiarizes a mass population with the contributions that information available on the internet can aid in planning and social development.
Various other environmental problems such as 'Man Animal Conflict’ can be addressed through ICT tools. Online portals registering movements of predators, villager’s accounts can help avoiding nasty encounters between human and wildlife. The negative side of this would be that the data will attract poachers immediately, but then again, let’s consider it a challenge for another day.