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"This is the first dedicated textbook to examine and explain these emerging phenomena of Information and Communication Technology for Development. It will help students, practitioners and researchers understand the place of ICTs within development; the ICT-enabled changes already underway; and the key issues and interventions that engage ICT4D practice and strategy. The book uses extensive in-text diagrams, tables and boxed examples with chapter-end discussion and assignment questions and further reading. Supported by online activities, video links and session outlines and slides, this textbook provides the basis for undergraduate, postgraduate and online learning modules on ICT4D"--

"Mobile phones are close to ubiquitous in developing countries; Internet and broadband access are becoming commonplace. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) thus represent the fastest, broadest and deepest technical change experienced in international development. They now affect every development sector--supporting the work of hundreds of millions of farmers and micro-entrepreneurs; creating millions of ICT-based jobs; assisting healthcare workers and teachers; facilitating political change; impacting climate change; but also linked with digital inequalities and harms--with the pace of change continuously accelerating. Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D) provides the first dedicated textbook to examine and explain these emerging phenomena. It will help students, practitioners, researchers and other readers understand the place of ICTs within development; the ICT-enabled changes already underway; and the key issues and interventions that engage ICT4D practice and strategy. The book has a three-part structure. The first three chapters set out the foundations of ICT4D: the core relation between ICTs and development; the underlying components needed for ICT4D to work; and best practice in implementing ICT4D. Five chapters then analyse key development goals: economic growth, poverty eradication, social development, good governance, and environmental sustainability. Each chapter assesses the goal-related impact associated with ICTs and key lessons from real-world cases. The final chapter looks ahead to emerging technologies and emerging models of ICT-enabled development. The book uses extensive in-text diagrams, tables and boxed examples with chapter-end discussion and assignment questions and further reading. Supported by online activities, video links and session outlines and slides, this textbook provides the basis for undergraduate, postgraduate and online learning modules on ICT4D."--Provided by publisher

The first textbook on information systems to specifically address public sector and government issues, 'Implementing and Managing eGovernment' offers a truly international perspective and coverage, incorporating hundreds of case studies and case sketches

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction: Current Issues in the Technology-Development Relationship -- Basic Needs - Water and Energy Technology -- The Use of Natural Coagulants to Treat Wastewaters for Agricultural Reuse in Developing Countries -- Rainwater Catchment Systems Technology: Recent Developments in Africa and Asia -- Sustainable Water Supply and Improved Sanitation for Low Income Communities -- The Indus River and Pakistan's Economy: Energy, Environmental Resources, and Developmental Policy -- Wind Diesel Systems for Developing Countries -- Constraints on the Diffusion of Small-Scale Hydropower in Northern Pakistan -- Technology Transfer for Local Manufacture of Mini-and Micro-Hydropower Equipment within Vietnam, Thailand and the Lao PDR -- Poverty Alleviation - Agricultural and Related Technologies -- Application of Biotechnology to Indigenous Fermented Foods -- Biotechnology for Poverty Alleviation in Third World Countries -- Enzyme Production for Jute Processing -- Utilisation of Local Phosphate Deposits as a Fertiliser in Zambia -- Indigenous Knowledge - The Way Forwards or Backwards in Tropical Agricultural Development? -- Technology Development in Road Construction and Maintenance for Developing Countries -- Industrial Technological Capabilities -- Technology Policy and Industrialisation Policy in the Global Economy -- The Effect of Some Sectoral Development Policies on Technology - The Case of the Informal Sector -- Intellectual Property and Third World Development: The Case of Indian Patent Law and Economic Development -- Technology Transfer -- Technology Transfer and the Environment -- Technology Transfer and International Organisations: The Question of Localisation -- The Role of International Organisations in Information Technology Transfer: The African Experience.

AbstractThis editorial introduces the three papers in this Policy Arena on the contribution of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to development. Contribution in terms of technology diffusion and use – especially of mobile phones – is easy to detect. But focus has only recently shifted along the 'ICT‐for‐development value chain' from these indicators of ICT readiness and availability, to the question of development impact.In part, the absence or poor quality of ICT impact assessment to date derives from its lack of conceptual foundations. This editorial maps out the intellectual roots of the emerging sub‐discipline of 'development informatics' to show where such foundations may come from. It also summarises the conceptualised contributions made by each of the Policy Arena papers. The papers draw on models of enterprise value chains, empowerment and Sen's capability theory to demonstrate ICTs' contribution to conceptions of development as economic growth, as sustainable livelihoods, and as freedom.Of course, not all ICT initiatives succeed, and the editorial provides a good practice summary drawn from experiences of success and failure. It moves beyond the perennial call for practitioners and policy makers to incorporate impact assessment as part of this good practice. First, by identifying the need to address motivational and structural issues around impact assessment. Second, by calling on policy makers to be more aware of the transformational potential of ICTs in development; so‐called 'Development 2.0'. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.