Information and communication technology for development (ICT4D) / Richard Heeks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heeks, Richard, 1960- author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Series:

Routledge perspectives on development

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Information technology--Developing countries.

Information technology.

Communication in economic development.

Developing countries.

Communication in economic development--Developing countries.

Information technology--Economic aspects.

Economic development.

Physical Description:

xviii, 410 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2018.

Summary:

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, session outlines and slides, this textbook provides the basis for undergraduate, postgraduate and online learning modules on ICT4D. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Understanding ICT4D 5

1.1 What do we mean by "ICT4D"? 5

1.2 What does "development" mean? 18

1.3 Theoretical foundations of ICT4D 29

2 Foundations of ICT4D 37

2.1 The ICT4D value chain 37

2.2 Technological foundations of ICT4D 42

2.3 Human foundations of ICT4D 53

2.4 Institutional foundations of ICT4D 61

2.5 Financing ICT4D 82

2.6 Digital inclusion and the "digital divide" 85

3 Implementing ICT4D 96

3.1 ICT4D strategy 96

3.2 ICT4D design and implementation 103

3.3 ICT4D adoption and use 120

3.4 ICT4D monitoring and evaluation 125

4 ICTs and economic growth 135

4.1 Economic growth as a development goal 135

4.2 ICTs and micro-economic growth 139

4.3 ICTs and meso-economic growth 157

4.4 ICTs and macro-economic growth 162

5 ICTs, poverty and livelihoods 173

5.1 Poverty eradication as a development goal 173

5.2 ICTs and financial poverty 175

5.3 ICTs and livelihoods 194

6 ICTs and social development 209

6.1 Social development as a development goal 209

6.2 ICTs, health and development 211

6.3 ICTs, education and development 226

6.4 ICTs, capabilities and development 237

7 e-Governance and development 247

7.1 Good governance as a development goal 247

7.2 e-Services and development 250

7.3 e-Accountability and development 261

7.4 e-Democracy and development 267

8 ICTs and environmental sustainability 281

8.1 Environmental sustainability as a development goal 281

8.2 e-Mitigation and development 283

8.3 e-Monitoring, e-strategy and development 294

8.4 e-Adaptation, e-resilience and development 302

9 The future of ICT4D 318

9.1 Future directions in ICT4D 318

9.2 Development 2.0 321

9.3 Data-intensive development 330

9.4 Open development 341

9.5 ICT4D 3.0, Development 2.0 or Digital Development? 350.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Other Format:

Electronic version: Heeks, Richard. Information and communication technology for development (ICT4D).

ISBN:

9781138101807

113810180X

9781138101814

1138101818

OCLC:

1015818052