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✔ICT4D: Information and communication
technology for Development
Created @March 24, 2021 2:30 PM
Class S5
Type S5
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Lecture 1
Introduction
why ICT4D
huge poverty in the world, there is a need for development/growth. ICT will help hereby.
sending ICT over border, for example unused computers. But this is not that easy to help the
poverty
might safe economic growth in country but not the real problem: poverty. & it increases the waste
→ e-waste
techno positivism; tech will help everything but this is not always the case
this course: ICT can make difference, but you have to think about it in a careful way. Not easy
solution but difficult solutions.
what is ICT4D
ICT: information communication technology; everyhting to communicate.
electrical ICT: any entity that processes or communication data in electrical form
digital ICT: an entity that processes or comunicates digital data
different scopes of development:
1: agenda-specific development → Particular progressive changes in a developing country
2: geography specific development → any progressive change in a developing country
3: generic development → progressive change in a society
ICT4D is scope 1 + digital ICT
richard heeks book ICT4D
what is different about dev.countries?
ICT4D: Information and communication technology for Development 1
, uncertainty (electric for example)
resource constraints (there might be no resources we need to build ICT)
inequality (your ICT can deepener this; e.g. gender )
institutional differences (languages/culture)
localism
the definition of developing country is not agreed on; but for example avg. income.
critique, faces, etc
ICT4D: Information and communication technology for Development 2
, most of the ICT thinking is from social perspective, but we need from technical perspective.
exploratory research on potential of existing technology
look for innovation and challenges, new tech/adapt tech
maybe small tech is the answer
research we are good in the vu research:
ICT4D: Information and communication technology for Development 3
, Lecture 2
how to do ICT4D in the field
observations :
ICT4D: Information and communication technology for Development 4
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