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TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF FIGURES.................................................................................................................................................... iv LIST OF BOXES..........................................................................................................................................................v LIST OF TABLES .......................................................................................................................................................v ABBREVIATIONS.................................................................................................................................................... vi EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ..........................................................................................................................................1 1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................................7 1.1 BACKGROUND OF STUDY ON MIS ........................................................................................................ 7 1.2 RESEARCH OBJECTIVES........................................................................................................................... 8 1.3 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY................................................................................................................... 9 1.4 STRUCTURE OF THE REST OF THE REPORT ..................................................................................12 2. CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR REVIEW OF MIS.............................................................................13 2.1 INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................................................13 2.2 DEFINITION AND EARLY EXAMPLES OF MIS..................................................................................132.2.1 DEFINITION OF MIS...........................................................................................................................................13
2.2.2 EARLY EXAMPLES OF MIS ..............................................................................................................................14
2.3 LIBERALISATION IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ............................................................................142.3.1
LIBERALISATION AND AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SYSTEMS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
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2.3.2
LIBERALISATION AND SUPPLY OF AGRICULTURAL FINANCE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
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2.4 OBJECTIVES OF MIS.................................................................................................................................18 2.5 GENERIC MIS PROCESS ..........................................................................................................................192.5.1 DATA COLLECTION............................................................................................................................................19
2.5.2 DATA PROCESSING AND ANALYSIS ...........................................................................................................21
2.5.3 INFORMATION PACKAGING AND DISSEMINATION...........................................................................21
2.5.4 MANAGING FEEDBACK AND OTHER ISSUES.........................................................................................22
2.6 MIS TYPOLOGIES......................................................................................................................................232.6.1 MIS TYPOLOGIES BASED ON HOST/SERVICE PROVIDERS .............................................................23
2.6.2 FIRST GENERATION MIS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ...................................................................24
2.6.3 SECOND GENERATION MIS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ..............................................................26
2.7 BEYOND 2GMIS: FURTHER EVOLUTION OF MIS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES..................28 2.8 CONCLUSION: EVIDENCE ON EVOLUTION OF MIS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES...............29 3. OVERVIEW OF MIS IN NON-OIC COUNTRIES ........................................................................................30 3.1 INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................................................30 3.2 ZAMIS: TYPICAL EXAMPLE OF FIRST GENERATION MIS (1GMIS) MODEL ..........................30