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ICTs in Developing Countries: Research, Practices and Policy Implications
London: Palgrave Macmillan (2016), 192 pp.
"ICTs in Developing Countries is a collection of conceptual and empirical works on the adoption and impacts of ICT use in developing societies. Bringing together a wide range of disciplines and contributors, it offers a rich examination of digital divide and ICT for development both in terms of cont
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World Development Report 2016: Digital Dividends
Washington, DC: World Bank (2016), xxiii, 330 pp.
"Digital technologies have spread rapidly in much of the world. Digital dividends—the broader development benefits from using these technologies—have lagged behind. In many instances digital technologies have boosted growth, expanded opportunities, and improved service delivery. Yet their aggreg
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A Framework for the Adoption of Information and Communication Technology in Faith-Based Organizations in Kenya: A Case of Comboni Missions
Nairobi: Strathmore University, Master Thesis (2016), viii, 60 pp.
"This research covers the adoption of ICT in Comboni missions, a faith-based organization with operations in Kenya among other global countries. Comboni missions focus on less developed Kenya counties, and in economically challenged areas such as slums in Mathare, Korogocho, Kariobangi in Nairobi. R
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Digitalisation
D+C: Development and Cooperation, issue April (2016), pp. 14-33
[...] , innovation enables developing economies to leapfrog technologies. Some former digital deserts have catapulted themselves into the information age. Landline telephony never reached the world’s poorer corners – even in the capital cities of developing countries. Mobile networks, however, s
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Technology and Society as Embedded: An Alternative Framework for Information and Communication Technology and Development
Media, Culture & Society, volume 38, issue 1 (2016), pp. 107-118
"An emerging topic in the development field is how information and communication technology (ICT) can be used for economic and social development. The general approach relies on technological determinism, whereby the discussion revolves around how and to what extent will ICT support development. It
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Digital Divides: The New Challenges and Opportunities of E-Inclusion
Boca Raton et al.: CRC Press (2015), xxviii, 300 pp.
"The rapid development of the information society has accentuated the importance of digital divides, which refer to economic and social inequalities among populations due to differences in access to, use of, or knowledge of information and communication technologies (ICT). This book discusses the cu
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New Technologies in Developing Societies: From Theory to Practice
London: Palgrave Macmillan (2015), xii, 295 pp.
ICT4D Donor Agencies and Networks
In: International Encyclopedia of Digital Communication and Society
Chichester et al.: Wiley Blackwell (2015), pp. 323-30
"The playbook addresses ten technology areas and explores how each might be applied to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). We provide a basic overview of each, discuss benefits, trends and challenges and make recommendations for what nonprofits, governments and the private sector can do
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Children, ICT and Development: Capturing the Potential, Meeting the Challenges
London; Florence: University of London, ICT4D Centre at Royal Holloway; Jigsaw Consult; UNICEF Office of Research (2014), viii, 62 pp.
"The pioneering research process consisted of a review of relevant literature and in-depth interviews with 35 experts in the field connecting ICT4D with child-focused development, thus providing one of the most comprehensive overviews of the subject to date. The literature review focuses on the topi
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Bangladesh's Changing Mediascape: From State Control to Market Forces
Deep Insights
Bristol: intellect (2014), xvi, 404 pp.
"Among the many topics discussed here are the difference among specific media formats, including television, newspapers, radio, film and photography; policy issues; and the challenge that new media poses to governance in a developing nation faced with innumerable economic, social and political probl
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The Link Between ICT4D and Modernization Theory
Global Media Journal - German Edition, volume 4, issue 2 (2014), 22 pp.
"For some decades western institutions have shared an enormous enthusiasm for Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D). Nevertheless, despite the field’s ever-increasing importance, research on it remains fragmented and lacks a theoretical foundation. By establishing a li
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"This guide gives practical guidance to building organizational capacity in ICT4D. Drawing from the experience of the international development community, this guide connects established principles with processes for implementing new technology. 1. Why should I be interested in ICT4D and what does i
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Neue Medien
Nah Dran (GIZ), issue 1 (2013), pp. 12-27
Technologies of Choice? ICTs, Development, and the Capabilities Approach
Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press (2013), xii, 267 pp.
"Drawing on Amartya Sen's capabilities approach to development - which shifts the focus from economic growth to a more holistic, freedom-based idea of human development - Dorothea Kleine examines the relationship between ICTs, choice, and development. Kleine proposes a conceptual framework, the Choi
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Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologie in der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit
In: Einführung in die Entwicklungspolitik
Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2013), pp. 338-348
"The Internet will generate economic growth and social transformation in six sectors in particular: financial services, education, health, retail, agriculture, and government. In financial services, for example, M.Pesa's mobile money solutions have brought millions of Kenyans onto the financial grid
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