Political economy of ICTs and their effect on poverty

Miroro, Obadia Okinda; Adera, Edith Ofwona

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“…Within the fundamental CA framework, the preceding definitions of technology can be characterised as capability inputs. Operationalisations of the CA in the context of ICT and development depict a broader conception (Gigler, 2004;Kleine, 2013;Miroro & Adera, 2014). 5 Kleine (2010Kleine ( , 2011Kleine ( , 2013 emphasises the relationship between ICT and choice processes.…”

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“…By locating technology and technical objects within the CA, we are not trying to add another operationalised framework (e.g. Gigler, 2004Gigler, , 2011Kleine, 2010Kleine, , 2011Kleine, , 2013Miroro & Adera, 2014). Instead, our aim is to contribute to harmonising existing approaches through a discussion of the notion of technology at a fundamental and abstract level within the language of the Capability Approach.…”

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The place of technology in the Capability Approach

Haenssgen

Ariana

2017

Oxford Development Studies

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Increasing scholarly attention has focussed on how to integrate technology within the Capability Approach (CA), yet without a consistent solution. Some describe technology as a special kind of capability input, but others consider the concept of technology to be fundamentally different from that of an ordinary input. We aim to contribute to the theoretical development of the CA by offering a consistent justification for the explicit inclusion of technology in this framework. We propose that technical objects have a 'generative' and a 'transformative' dimension through which they enable capabilities directly and affect other inputs in the attainment of valued capabilities. The objects acquire the transformative dimension from the broader technological context, which we propose as a new class of conversion factors. Using the example of mobile phones and their role in healthcare access, we demonstrate that our proposal helps to frame the analysis of the development impact of technology.

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The place of technology in the Capability Approach

Haenssgen

Ariana

2017

Oxford Development Studies

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Rethinking Theory and Practice of ICT4D. An Analysis of the Discourse Embedded in the 2016 World Bank Report

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Chigona

2019

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

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Although development studies/theory is critical in all areas pertaining to global development, Information and Communication Technology for development (ICT4D) studies have been argued to have paid little attention to the controversies around development. I argue that all ICT4D research uncover the meaning of development but this is often implicit; and this meaning can be revealed using techniques such as discourse analysis (CDA). The study is a CDA of World Bank Report 2016 on Digital Dividends (WDR16) to illustrative how CDA can be applied to expose implicit views of development embedded in ICT4D studies. The study is centred on the recent growing emphasis on ICTs for development focusing on contemporary processes of social transformation which are variously identified within the critical discourse analysis (CDA) by such terms as 'neo-liberalism', 'globalisation', 'information society' and 'knowledge-based economy'. Although the report can be critiqued for over-emphasis of positive contributions of ICT4D, it needs to be applauded for taking development not as merely market related but as a holistic process covering other socioeconomic development issues like poverty eradication, human development and human dignity. It resembled major shifts in ICT4D thinking from 2000 to 2010 which was a move from technocentric view.

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The Paradox of Mobility in the Kenyan ICT Ecosystem: An Ethnographic Case of How the Youth in Kibera Slum Use and Appropriate the Mobile Phone and the Mobile Internet

Kibere

2016

Information Technology for Development

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The Kenyan ICT ecosystem has attracted vast global media and policy attention because of notable mobile phone adoption in the country. However, empirical research of how Kenyans use and appropriate new media and ICTs in the diverse contexts within the country remains limited. In order to contribute to the emerging literature on Sub-Saharan Africa ICT ecosystems as well as the Mobility discussions within Mobiles for Development M4D and Information and Communication Technologies for Development ICT4D, this paper discusses an empirical case of how the youth of Kibera use and appropriate the mobile phone and the mobile Internet. The purpose of this critical realist ethnographic research article is to explicate the events in the historical development of the Kenyan ICT ecosystem as well as the components of social and physical structure in Kibera slum along with the relationships between them. This paper argues that the mobile phone eases communication and strengthens existent social ties for the youth of Kibera.

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Political economy of ICTs and their effect on poverty

Cited by 5 publications

References 12 publications

The place of technology in the Capability Approach

The place of technology in the Capability Approach

Rethinking Theory and Practice of ICT4D. An Analysis of the Discourse Embedded in the 2016 World Bank Report

The Paradox of Mobility in the Kenyan ICT Ecosystem: An Ethnographic Case of How the Youth in Kibera Slum Use and Appropriate the Mobile Phone and the Mobile Internet

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