ICTs for the Broader Development of India: An Analysis of the Literature

Walsham, Geoff

doi:10.1002/j.1681-4835.2010.tb00293.x

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“…in terms of using the CA as an analytical framework, including (Barja & Gigler, 2005;De, 2007;Grunfeld et al, 2011;Mansell, 2010;Walsham, 2010;Walsham & Sahay, 2006;Zheng, 2007;Zheng & Walsham, 2008). A common thread in much of the literature linking the CA and ICT is the attention given to capabilities of users to benefit from the technology in ways that will achieve the desired functioning.…”

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An Explorative Study of ICT for Developmental Impact in Rural Areas of Bangladesh

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Helena Grunfeld has over 30 years of experience in the ICT sector. Her research interests focus on understanding how ICTs can contribute to development, particularly related to capabilities, empowerment and sustainable livelihoods. Roger Harris has a PhD in Information Systems from the City University of Hong Kong and works in Asia as a consultant, researcher and advocate for the use of ICTs in rural development and poverty reduction. Md. Nabid Alam is a graduate of University of Dhaka and majored in Management Information Systems. Sanjida Ferdousi is Research Assistant at Brainstorm Bangladesh and works in the fields of ICT for underprivileged communities and rural development. Bushra Tahseen Malik is Researcher in the field of development economics and market analysis.The interest of the World Bank, various agencies of the United Nations and other donor organisations, which in the past supported information and communication technology for development (IcT4D) initiatives under the broad telecentre umbrella, seems to be waning somewhat. There are several reasons for this lack of interest. With the increasing ubiquity of mobile services, those who considered telecentres useful, mainly because of the connectivity they provided, may no longer see a need for them. Many initiatives were considered failures, as they were not financially sustainable beyond the initial funding period. There was also a lack of adequate evaluations to show whether and how these centres had contributed to development objectives. While there are several evaluations of shared facilities, there is no generally recognised framework for such appraisals, which exhibit various approaches, derived from different disciplines, mainly from information systems and to a more limited extent from development studies. Approaching an evaluation of an IcT4D project in a rural setting in Bangladesh from a development perspective, this study, which is informed by the seminal work of Amartya Sen (2001), "Development as Freedom" (DaF), adopts an interpretive qualitative research style and illustrates the importance of understanding the local context. Our findings demonstrate that the two IcT interventions studied in this research had significant impacts on the five freedoms espoused in DaF.

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“…A number of review studies have recently been performed in ICT4D (Avgerou, 2010;Gitau, Plantinga, & Diga, 2010;Walsham, 2010;Dodson, Sterling, & Bennett, 2013;Gomez, 2013;Andersson & Hatakka, 2013;K.A. Johnston, Jali, Kundaeli, & Adeniran, 2015;Ghosh, Mudavanhu, & Belle, 2015;Naudé, 2016bNaudé, , 2016a.…”

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“…Johnston et al (2015)'s analysis of South African ICT4D studies that focus on specific socio-economic development topics. They use Walsham (2010)'s categorisation of development aims and reviews a set of papers that explicitly address those aims. Although K.A.…”

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Assessing South African ICT4D research outputs: a journal review

Turpin¹

2018

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South Africa is an ideal test bed for ICT4D research, since on the one hand it has stark development challenges, and on the other hand it has well established ICT infrastructure that could be utilised towards socio-economic development. Not surprisingly, a plethora of ICT4D projects are executed in South Africa by a variety of role-players. This paper focuses on how effective South African researchers are in converting ICT4D research activity into significant research outputs. Since effective research is assessed by journal publications, a review was done of papers published by South African authors in the prominent international ICT4D journals. It is found that while South Africa has a prominent presence in ICT4D journals, this prominence is concentrated in one research institution and one ICT4D journal. A surprising finding is that cooperation among research institutions that leads to co-authored publications is very low, even among neighbouring institutions. Future research is suggested to investigate the good practices of the most prolific research institution, to investigate reasons for the low cooperation between institutions and to more thoroughly investigate the research contributions made by the South African authors.

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“…Scholars, for example, Walsham (2010) propose three research thematic areas in ICT4D. Namely: Understanding the link between ICTs and development; Understanding the cross-cultural and multi-cultural implications of ICTs; and Understanding how developing countries appropriate (adapt) ICTs.…”

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“…In general, economical empowerments, social cohesion or networking, and the rights of individual to access digital information, are among the most commonly known dimensions of development. However, Walsham (2010) reports that many ICT4A initiatives have taken place in India over the last decade, but without actually improving the situation of the intended beneficiaries. Our SMS confirms this: many articles do not define a precise notion of what development they address.…”

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Systematic Mapping Study of Information Technology for Development in Agriculture (The Case of Developing Countries)

Zewge

Dittrich

2017

E J Info Sys Dev Countries

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With its rapid proliferation in the developing world, information and communication technology (ICT) has been accepted as an opportunity to assist disadvantaged people. Many projects have piloted ICT supporting rural communities in developing countries. Such rural communities are socially complex and infrastructurally weak environments that demand clear understanding of the social, economical, cultural and political preconditions when implementing ICT innovations. To provide a comprehensive overview of what kinds of ICT intervention and research contributions have been achieved, a systematic mapping study (SMS) was carried out. This work presents the state-of-the-art based on related journal and conference papers published between 2006-2014. The review indicates that ICT supporting farmers has gained attention over the past few years with a growing number of contributions. However, the field is still in a consolidating phase. Theoretical concepts are sparse, so it is difficult to generalize and transfer the findings. Specifically, there is limited research in IT design and development process; user-interface design for illiterate people; and user and community involvement in the design process.

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ICTs for the Broader Development of India: An Analysis of the Literature

Cited by 73 publications

References 54 publications

An Explorative Study of ICT for Developmental Impact in Rural Areas of Bangladesh

An Explorative Study of ICT for Developmental Impact in Rural Areas of Bangladesh

Assessing South African ICT4D research outputs: a journal review

Systematic Mapping Study of Information Technology for Development in Agriculture (The Case of Developing Countries)

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