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ICT Implementation in Rural Communities in Developing Countries

Author : David Sanka Laar
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 366811272X
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (681 download)

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Download or read book ICT Implementation in Rural Communities in Developing Countries written by David Sanka Laar and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2015-12-21 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Master's Thesis from the year 2005 in the subject Business economics - Information Management, University of Manchester (IDPM), course: MSc Management and Information Systems, language: English, abstract: There has been a gamut of arguments concerning the role of information and communication technologies in reducing poverty and creating sustainable rural development in developing countries. But most of the studies have centred on case study descriptions, with a handful attempting to analyse the outcomes of these initiatives using a framework that addresses the multiple dimensions of the livelihoods of the rural poor. This dissertation takes a view that ICT can contribute to sustainable rural development when it is implemented and assessed through such a framework geared at building the capabilities and assets of the rural folks and improving the links within and between these people and the organisations and institutions that play a role in rural development. It reviews various paradigms of rural ICT in developing countries and goes on to analyse the implementation and contribution of two of such initiatives to rural livelihoods using the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework. The result revealed that such factors, as the perceptions of practitioners, political contentions and policy environments are the major factors shaping ICT initiatives for the rural poor.

Icts and Rural Development

Author : Robert Chapman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780850036190
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (361 download)

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Download or read book Icts and Rural Development written by Robert Chapman and published by . This book was released on 2002-12-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Technologies of Choice?

Author : Dorothea Kleine
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262018209
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Technologies of Choice? written by Dorothea Kleine and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new framework for assessing the role of information and communication technologies in development that draws on Amartya Sen's capabilities approach. Information and communication technologies (ICTs)--especially the Internet and the mobile phone--have changed the lives of people all over the world. These changes affect not just the affluent populations of income-rich countries but also disadvantaged people in both global North and South, who may use free Internet access in telecenters and public libraries, chat in cybercafes with distant family members, and receive information by text message or email on their mobile phones. 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 in Technologies of Choice? examines the relationship between ICTs, choice, and development. Kleine proposes a conceptual framework, the Choice Framework, that can be used to analyze the role of technologies in development processes. She applies the Choice Framework to a case study of microentrepreneurs in a rural community in Chile. Kleine combines ethnographic research at the local level with interviews with national policy makers, to contrast the high ambitions of Chile's pioneering ICT policies with the country's complex social and economic realities. She examines three key policies of Chile's groundbreaking Agenda Digital: public access, digital literacy, and an online procurement system. The policy lesson we can learn from Chile's experience, Kleine concludes, is the necessity of measuring ICT policies against a people-centered understanding of development that has individual and collective choice at its heart.

Accessible Technology and the Developing World

Author : Stein
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019884641X
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (988 download)

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Download or read book Accessible Technology and the Developing World written by Stein and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together a unique combination of contributors with diverse disciplinary backgrounds from both the developing and developed world. Together, they present a unique and much needed review of this critical and growing area of work.

Encyclopedia of Developing Regional Communities with Information and Communication Technology

Author : Marshall, Stewart
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1591407915
Total Pages : 804 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (914 download)

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Book Synopsis Encyclopedia of Developing Regional Communities with Information and Communication Technology by : Marshall, Stewart

Download or read book Encyclopedia of Developing Regional Communities with Information and Communication Technology written by Marshall, Stewart and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2005-06-30 with total page 804 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This encyclopedia provides a thorough examination of concepts, technologies, policies, training, and applications of ICT in support of economic and regional developments around the globe"--Provided by publisher.

Information Technology for Development, Volume 13, Number 2

Author : Sajda Qureshi
Publisher : Wiley
ISBN 13 : 9780470183168
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (831 download)

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Book Synopsis Information Technology for Development, Volume 13, Number 2 by : Sajda Qureshi

Download or read book Information Technology for Development, Volume 13, Number 2 written by Sajda Qureshi and published by Wiley. This book was released on 2007-05-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A journal examining the impact of global IT from a publisher of quality research Information Technology for Development is a journal that specifically addresses global information technology issues and opportunities. It's dedicated to providing quality research, including social and technical research regarding information technology's effects on economic, social and human development. This journal's purpose includes serving as a forum for discussions about strategies, best practices, tools and techniques for assessing the impact of IT infrastructure, whether it's in government or the private sector. This is a single issue of the journal, Volume 13, Number 2, from 2007.

Handbook on ICT in Developing Countries

Author : Knud Erik Skouby
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1000796027
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Handbook on ICT in Developing Countries written by Knud Erik Skouby and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2022-09-01 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mobile communications market in developing countries is growing at a rapid rate. This is evident in the rapid spread of mobile broadband cellular networks such as 3G. 4G is also being deployed in developing countries around the world. As the global communications market proceeds towards 5G, it is evident that developing countries will not be left behind. However, there are challenges and barriers on the road ahead specific to developing countries. To aid policy makers, researchers and members of the academia make informed decision that will help the advancement of 5G, this handbook provides an insight into the impact of existing mobile cellular networks in some developing countries. Topics discussed in this handbook include:Digital dividePolicy outlook5G and rural areas5G readinessTelco Business modelsTelecom tower pricingMobile application adoption

ICT in Agriculture (Updated Edition)

Author : World Bank
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 1464810230
Total Pages : 658 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (648 download)

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Download or read book ICT in Agriculture (Updated Edition) written by World Bank and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2017-06-27 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Information and communication technology (ICT) has always mattered in agriculture. Ever since people have grown crops, raised livestock, and caught fish, they have sought information from one another. Today, ICT represents a tremendous opportunity for rural populations to improve productivity, to enhance food and nutrition security, to access markets, and to find employment opportunities in a revitalized sector. ICT has unleashed incredible potential to improve agriculture, and it has found a foothold even in poor smallholder farms. ICT in Agriculture, Updated Edition is the revised version of the popular ICT in Agriculture e-Sourcebook, first launched in 2011 and designed to support practitioners, decision makers, and development partners who work at the intersection of ICT and agriculture. Our hope is that this updated Sourcebook will be a practical guide to understanding current trends, implementing appropriate interventions, and evaluating the impact of ICT interventions in agricultural programs.

Information and Communication Technologies and Rural Development

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9264193073
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (641 download)

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Download or read book Information and Communication Technologies and Rural Development written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2001-06-29 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines how nacent possibilities of tele-work, distant access to public services and e-commerce offer realistic and innovating perspectives for rural development.

“ICT FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT”

Author : Dr.MOHANKUMR C. KAIMAL
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1312710810
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (127 download)

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Download or read book “ICT FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT” written by Dr.MOHANKUMR C. KAIMAL and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Information and Communication Technology for Sustainable Development

Author : Cesar Marolla
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1351045210
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Information and Communication Technology for Sustainable Development written by Cesar Marolla and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-11-13 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Information and Communication Technology for Sustainable Development shows how ICT, as an enabler for all spheres of development, can help innovate business processes and operations, and provide faster integration of new technologies into business systems. Focused on sustainability, the book addresses strategic approaches to cope with a range of climatic, environmental, cyber-security threats and other global risks, and aims to promote prosperity and economic growth. Furthermore, it explores how the adoption of new technologies, and collective action based upon a strategic behavioral theory of new leadership, can be applied when responding to specific set of conditions that allow for the proposed strategies to cope with risks. Information technology and strategic planning complement each other to attain the sustainable development goals (SDGs). Risk management frameworks, business continuity systems, and strategic planning methodologies such as mechanism design theory, strategic adaptive cognition (SAC), and risk mechanism theory (RMT) are the fundamental components needed to have a universal approach embedded into the national development plans agenda. As technology no longer follows an orderly, linear path, but improves exponentially, developing a strategic approach to ICT implementation help world leaders in the difficult but inspiring task of making a sustainable world and consequently find solutions to achieve the SDGs and the desired growth pattern that must be sustained, inclusive and equitable. Features: Discusses for the first time the potential of ICT as a transformative power in finding solutions to climatic and economic issues. Illustrates comprehensive strategic planning for leaders to implement in both public and private organizations. Integrates standards and frameworks in the context of sustainable development along with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Describes in detail how mechanism design, risk management, business continuity systems, a comprehensive strategic planning using SAC (Strategic Adaptive Cognition) and risk mechanism theory can be used to address environmental risks and attain sustainable development goals (SDGs). Explains eHealth as an adaptation strategy to address future changes in climate and impacts, and the links between mitigation and adaptation to ICTs.

ICTs for Advancing Rural Communities and Human Development: Addressing the Digital Divide

Author : Chhabra, Susheel
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1466600489
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (666 download)

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Download or read book ICTs for Advancing Rural Communities and Human Development: Addressing the Digital Divide written by Chhabra, Susheel and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2012-01-31 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book reviews the important impact ICTs have on economic, social, and political development and provides analyses of ICTs for education, commerce, and governance"--Provided by publisher.

ICT Development for Social and Rural Connectedness

Author : Nor Aziah Alias
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461469015
Total Pages : 53 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (614 download)

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Download or read book ICT Development for Social and Rural Connectedness written by Nor Aziah Alias and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-12 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ICT Development for Social and Rural Connectedness provides an introduction to the concept of 'connectedness', and explores how this socio-psychological term has evolved during the age of the Internet. The book surveys the principles of ICT for development (ICTD), and closely examines how ICT has played a pivotal role in the rural community development of various countries. To highlight the continued benefits of ICT in these regions, the book presents an in-depth case study that analyzes the connectedness within the rural internet centers of Malaysia. The book is intended primarily for researchers and practitioners as a reference guide to ICTD in rural environments.

Transforming Rural Communities in China and Beyond

Author : Ying Zhu
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319113194
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (191 download)

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Download or read book Transforming Rural Communities in China and Beyond written by Ying Zhu and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-11-01 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book represents one of the first attempts by a multidisciplinary research team, encompassing the social sciences, business, architecture and planning, engineering, and finance and economics, to help rural communities discover sustainable and self-reliant paths to development and transformation. The opening chapter outlines the background of the research, its importance in the context of China and other countries, the rationale for choosing the case study communities in rural China, and the composition of the research team. Chapter 2 explores key issues in the role of social entrepreneurship and leadership in rural community development. Chapter 3 analyses a green platform for a pilot transaction of China forest carbon sinks led by the Huadong Forestry Exchange. The fourth chapter examines carbon trade, forestry land rights, and the livelihoods of farmers in rural Chinese communities. Chapter 5 explores alternative energy development in rural Chinese communities, where the poor are often disproportionately dependent on fuel wood and solid biomass, causing environmental degradation, reduced productivity and the decline of income generating opportunities. Chapter 6 examines and tests the proposition that stronger communities will result from ‘connected up’, holistic, synergistic and inclusive planning of services and supporting infrastructure. Chapter 7 analyzes information and communications technology (ICT) based service innovations for supporting rural community enterprises. Chapter 8 highlights key elements of stronger rural communities, drawing together the themes and proposals of preceding chapters and constructing an integrated model. The authors demonstrate that interconnected community enterprises based on clean forest products, forest carbon and ecotourism can be underpinned by local infrastructure enterprises such as renewable energy, water, waste management, ICT and transport, and financial mechanisms like carbon finance, all involving skills development, leadership and social entrepreneurship coupled with corporate and investment partnerships. Such interconnected approaches are expected to generate increased employment and prosperity, improve social livelihoods, and benefit the environment.

The Development Dimension ICTs for Development Improving Policy Coherence

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9264077405
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book The Development Dimension ICTs for Development Improving Policy Coherence written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2010-01-22 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication examines access to ICTs in developing countries, broadband Internet access and governments' role in making it available; developments in mobile payments; ICT security issues; ICTs for improving environmental performance; and the relative priority of ICTs in education.

ICTs for Global Development and Sustainability: Practice and Applications

Author : Steyn, Jacques
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1615209980
Total Pages : 473 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (152 download)

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Download or read book ICTs for Global Development and Sustainability: Practice and Applications written by Steyn, Jacques and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2010-09-30 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book unites the theoretical underpinnings and scientific methodology of an approach of deploying ICT in marginalized communities to bridge the so-called digital divide. This book contains case studies of Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean that demonstrate which approaches work and which do not in deploying public access to information sources"--Provided by publisher.

Perspectives on ICT4D and Socio-Economic Growth Opportunities in Developing Countries

Author : Ndayizigamiye, Patrick
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1799829855
Total Pages : 507 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book Perspectives on ICT4D and Socio-Economic Growth Opportunities in Developing Countries written by Ndayizigamiye, Patrick and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2020-10-09 with total page 507 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Technology has been hailed as one of the catalysts toward economic and human development. In the current economic era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, information acquisition, transformation, and dissemination processes are posed to be the key enablers of development. However, in the context of developing countries, there is a need for more evidence on the impact that ICT has on addressing developmental issues. Such evidence is needed to make a case for investments in ICT-led interventions to improve people’s lives in developing countries. Perspectives on ICT4D and Socio-Economic Growth Opportunities in Developing Countries is a collection of innovative research on current trends that portray the ICT and development nexus (ICT4D) from economic and human development perspectives within developing countries. While highlighting topics including mobile money, poverty alleviation, and consumer behavior, this book is ideally designed for economists, government officials, policymakers, ICT specialists, business professionals, researchers, academicians, students, and entrepreneurs.