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Understanding the policy implications of ICT for development

Clarke, Matthew 2011, Understanding the policy implications of ICT for development, in ICTs and sustainable solutions for the digital divide : theory and perspectives, Information Science Reference, Hershey, Pa., pp.297-314.

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Title Understanding the policy implications of ICT for development
Author(s) Clarke, Matthew
Title of book ICTs and sustainable solutions for the digital divide : theory and perspectives
Editor(s) Steyn, Jacques
Johanson, Graeme
Publication date 2011
Chapter number 15
Total chapters 15
Start page 297
End page 314
Total pages 18
Publisher Information Science Reference
Place of Publication Hershey, Pa.
Summary Information and communication technologies are thought by some to offer a new solution to world poverty.
It is argued that information and communication technologies (ICT) allow poor countries to ‘leap-frog’
traditional stages of development and become immediately engaged with the ‘new economy’. Such an
optimistic view requires appropriate government policies to facilitate this shift. Interventions required
would include improving access levels and quality of telecommunication and electricity infrastructure,
improved quality of education and numbers of those accessing education, and providing both direct
and indirect support to encourage local firms to become engaged with the global economy. Ironically,
these policies are consistent with current orthodox development policies currently pursued within the
‘traditional’ economy. This chapter therefore considers what exactly is new about ICT in terms of its
potential impact on the poor.
ISBN 9781615207992
1615207996
9781615208005
Language eng
Field of Research 169999 Studies in Human Society not elsewhere classified
Socio Economic Objective 940302 International Aid and Development
HERDC Research category B1 Book chapter
HERDC collection year 2011
Copyright notice ©2011, IGI Global
Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30045335
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