Information Technologies & International Development is an interdisciplinary open-access journal that focuses on the intersection of information and communication technologies (ICTs) with the “other four billion” – the share of the world population whose countries are not yet widely connected to the Internet nor widely considered in the design of […]
development • ICT4D • ICTs • interdisciplinary • internet • ITID • open accessInformation Communication Technologies: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Information Communication Technologies: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications is the essential reference source created to meet the rapid development of information communication technologies research, compiling scholarly work in the pivotal areas of social adaptation to information technology. This six-volume compendium covers such topics as ad-hoc networks, collaborative environments, e governance, and […]
2008 • ICT4D • ICTs • impact of | ICTs • innovation • methodologies • researchInnovation and Technology for Indigenous Peoples
Excerpt Information and communications technology (ICT) is transformative economically, socially, and politically. Evidence of this transformation can be seen in the dramatic spread of ICT globally and near universal usage in both developing and developed countries. Indeed, ICT is everywhere, with its widest manifestations including computer, multimedia, and Internet technologies […]
2013 • challenges • ICT4D • ICTs • impact of | ICTs • indigenous communities • information societyThe ICT4D 2.0 Manifesto: Where Next for ICTs and International Development?
ICT4D – the application of information and communication technologies for international development – is moving to a new phase. This will require new technologies, new approaches to innovation and implementation, new intellectual perspectives and, above all, a new view of the world’s poor. All these must be understood if we […]
2009 • development • ICT4D • innovation • research • technologyPlay and Power: a Ludic Design Proposal for ICTD
This paper puts forth a notion of ludic design, drawing from work in HCI by Phoebe Sengers and Bill Gaver, as an avenue through which ICTD can begin to contend with the historical discourse of the developmental enterprise. This discourse, which we term the “developmental optic,” is one that envisions […]
development discourse • entertainment • gamification • human computer interaction • ICT4D • ludic design • radioEncountering Development Ethnographically
HCI for Development (HCI4D) lies at the intersection of Information Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D) and Human-computer Interaction (HCI). The mainstream HCI community creates user experiences for the developed-world consumer, while ICT4D is concerned about creating relevant technologies for developing nations. Their fusion—HCI4D—evolved and re-aligned goals to design user experiences […]
2009 • HCI4D • human computer interaction • ICT4D • user experienceUbicomp4D: Infrastructure and interaction for international development – the case of urban Indian slums
This paper attempts to re-imagine ubiquitous computing for populations in low-income and information-challenged environments. We examine information infrastructures in mid-sized urban slums of Mumbai and Bangalore in three ways—1) highlighting technologies supporting social networks, 2) examining underlying notions of trust and privacy in building information networks, and 3) discussing protocols […]
2009 • development • ICT4D • India • infrastructure • ubicomp • ubiquitous • urbanThe Fate of a Digital Slate: Unexpected Issues with Deployment in Rural India
As many UX professionals know, an initial rosy impression about the usability of a system may be trumped by unexpected issues seen in the context of actual deployment. These kinds of surprises can be especially dramatic when working in the area of ICT4D (Information and Communication Technology for Socio-Economic Development). […]
2012 • challenges • deployment • digital slate • failure • ICT4D • India • rural • usability • user experienceDigital leisure for development: Reframing new media practice in the global south
Photoshopping of newlyweds, downloading the latest movies, teens flirting on social network sites and virtual gaming may seem like typical behavior in the West; yet in the context of a village in Mali or a slum in Mumbai, it is seen as unusual and perhaps an anomaly in their new […]
2013 • ICT4D • leisure-oriented • prosumers • social media • social networkingWhy it is Hard to Identify Technical Research Problems in ICT4D and How to Make it Easier
My position is that a shortage of detailed and compelling problem statements is the primary bottleneck that prevents most computer scientists from conducting research in ICT4D. While interesting problems exist, they are usually discovered via months of fieldwork, and there is little incentive to formalize and disseminate problems for the […]
2009 • challenges • failure • ICT4D • researchSocial Media for Development (SoMe4D)
SoMe4D is the acronym for Social Media for international aid & Development. It is founded by freelance IT for development consultant & researcher Anand Sheombar. Initially the aim of SoMe4D is to bring together those who are interested in the activities of international aid and development organisations operating from or […]
aid • development • ICT4D • social mediaCalling all failures – curating a collection of cautionary tales
A few years ago, I stumbled across a discussion on Facebook that briefly mentioned the Ethnos Project. I wasn’t able to find it again for reference, but I recall that one of the participants had come away from this site with the feeling that the project (or rather, I as its creator) […]
appropriate technology • cultural heritage • failure • ICT4D • ICTs • unintended consequencesEmpowering women through ICT (Spider ICT4D Series)
In March 2008, The Swedish Program for ICT in Developing Regions (Spider) and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) gender help desk organized a workshop on gender, ICT and development. The aim of the workshop was to get an overview of actors and activities in Sweden in the area […]
2012 • gender • ICT4D • ICTs • SIDA • SPIDER • womenEmpowering the Poor: ICT for Governance & Poverty Reduction – A Study of Rural Development Projects in India
This publication systematically analyzes 18 projects in India that uses information and communications technology (ICT) for the benefit of poor people, and provides recommendations on how ICT can be applied to the massive, widespread and seemingly intractable problems of poverty. The publication also ranks the projects by their relevance, service […]
2006 • ICT4D • ICTs • India • poverty reduction • rural • UNDPICT World Today
ICT World Today is a journal on Information and Communication Technology for Development developed by the Korea Information Society Development Institute with support from APCICT. Note: seems to have been in production for only two years (2009-2010). Aims & Scope To contribute to developing the overall economies, enhancing the quality […]
2009 • 2010 • APCICT • digital divide • ICT4D • ICTs • researchGender and ICTs for Development: a global sourcebook
Introduction: Gender and ICTs for development: setting the context Helen Hambly Odame The effect of ICT on women’s enterprise creation: a practical example from China Li Guihuan E-business piloting and readiness for rural women weavers in Bhutan: lessons learned Minori Terada Fishers and radios: a case study of Radio Ada in Ghana […]
2005 • Bhutan • Caribbean • China • gender • Ghana • ICT4D • ICTs • Sierra Leone • womenICTs and Sustainable Solutions for the Digital Divide: Theory and Perspectives
Chapter Abstracts Delineating the meaning and value of Development Informatics Graeme Johanson This chapter describes the field of Development Informatics as it has emerged in the past two decades, and highlights some of the strengths of its research and practices. It draws on the current literature and the expertise of […]
2011 • community informatics • digital divide • digital inclusion • ICT4D • impact of | ICTs • participatory • sustainabilityExtreme Citizen Science, University College London
University College London interdisciplinary Extreme Citizen Science (ExCiteS) research group ExCiteS brings together scholars from diverse fields to develop and contribute to the guiding theories, tools and methodologies that will enable any community to start a Citizen Science project to deal with issues that concern them. With an interdisciplinary research […]
citizen science • ICT4D • interdisciplinaryICT4D Research Ethics: Is it about Right?
Abstract: This article grew out of work with early career researchers working in ICTD and in mobile learning, specifically those at the intersection of those two emergent disciplines, the field sometimes called mobile learning for development. It originally provided an overview of issues that are important but not core to their […]
best practice • ethics • ICT4DUNIMAS team experiments with community mapping
Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) is no stranger to rural ICT4D projects in Malaysia. Known best for their award-winning eBario project, a remote telecenter that brought internet to the indigenous highlands of Borneo in the late 90s, UNIMAS has a long, successful track-record of participatory community development projects. An article in […]
Borneo • eBario • ICT4D • mapping • Sarawak • UNIMASAn Overview of ICT Innovation for Developmental Projects in Marginalised Rural Areas
Abstract In recent years, assistance from developed countries to developing countries has intensified. Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have also been widely deployed in developmental programmes, leading to the creation of a new field – ICT for development. This paper reviews a number of projects that introduce technically innovative ICTs […]
2007 • development • ICT4D • ICTs • innovation • ruralTelecentre Replication Initiative in Borneo, Malaysia: The CoERI Experience
Abstract There are many bridging-the-digital-divide initiatives implemented by various government agencies and non-governmental organisations throughout the world. Numerous studies have been conducted to identify the critical success factors in providing remote and rural communities equitable access to Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). Malaysia has its fair share of successes and […]
2012 • Borneo • CoERI • eBario • ICT4D • Malaysia • rural • telecenter • UNIMASHuman–Computer Interaction and Global Development
A publication by Kentaro Toyama (2010) Abstract International development is concerned with making life better for the least privileged people of the world. Since the 1990s, HCI has engaged increasingly with development through an interdisciplinary field known as “information and communication technologies for development,” or ICT4D. This article overviews the […]
development • HCI4D • human computer interaction • ICT4D • impact of | ICTs • infrastructureRhizomatica
Rhizomatica promotes “Mobile Communications for All” by aiming to provide cellular service to underserved and overlooked communities. It helped launch the first autonomous cellphone network in a small, Zapoteca community in Oaxaca, Mexico. According the the Rhizomatica “About Page,” According to the ITU, 2-3 billion people around the world lack […]
cellular networks • ICT4D • infrastructure • telecommunicationsMyths of Information Technology for International Development
The past decade has seen incredible interest in applying information and communication technologies for international development, an endeavor often abbreviated “ICT4D.” Can mobile phones be used to improve rural healthcare? How do you design user interfaces for an illiterate migrant worker? What value is technology to a farmer earning $1 […]
2011 • development • ICT4D • ICT4D@Penn • poverty reduction