How can we make development aid cheap and effective, while still helping people where they are? NORAD thinks we should give computers to the developing countries. But will information technology solve the world's development problems? Illiteracy is widespread in many areas of the South. How can we help people who do not know how to read and write, make use of the internet? Is transporting bits and chips to countries in the South meaningful if we don't take into consideration the knowledge and organisation needed in order for the technology to work over time?