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Discovering development from information technologies: does open access to technology improve the lives of people?

Discovering development from information technologies: does open access to technology improve the... Information Technology for Development Vol. 18, No. 3, July 2012, 181 – 184 EDITORIAL Discovering development from information technologies: does open access to technology improve the lives of people? Sajda Qureshi Editor-in-Chief One of the most compelling problems facing society is how to understand the effects of Infor- mation Technology and that illusive “Communication” technology in the more contemporary term Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) on the lives of people – especially those living in marginalized circumstances. The ability to communicate through the use of infor- mation technologies has enabled access to skill, expertise and knowledge by people who are able to use these resources to improve their lives. This ability is also manifest in technologies, such as cell phones and internet chat rooms that allow innovative uses of the technology to bring about measureable improvements in the lives of people. Discovering these improvements in the lives of people who use these technologies to come out of poverty or deprivations, is the subject of the study of how Information Technology may enable Development. The effects of ICTs on Devel- opment can be studied to assess how economic growth, namely income generation and job cre- ation may take place; how http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Information Technology for Development Taylor & Francis

Discovering development from information technologies: does open access to technology improve the lives of people?

Information Technology for Development , Volume 18 (3): 4 – Jul 1, 2012
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Taylor & Francis
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Copyright Commonwealth Secretariat
ISSN
1554-0170
eISSN
0268-1102
DOI
10.1080/02681102.2012.702858
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Information Technology for Development Vol. 18, No. 3, July 2012, 181 – 184 EDITORIAL Discovering development from information technologies: does open access to technology improve the lives of people? Sajda Qureshi Editor-in-Chief One of the most compelling problems facing society is how to understand the effects of Infor- mation Technology and that illusive “Communication” technology in the more contemporary term Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) on the lives of people – especially those living in marginalized circumstances. The ability to communicate through the use of infor- mation technologies has enabled access to skill, expertise and knowledge by people who are able to use these resources to improve their lives. This ability is also manifest in technologies, such as cell phones and internet chat rooms that allow innovative uses of the technology to bring about measureable improvements in the lives of people. Discovering these improvements in the lives of people who use these technologies to come out of poverty or deprivations, is the subject of the study of how Information Technology may enable Development. The effects of ICTs on Devel- opment can be studied to assess how economic growth, namely income generation and job cre- ation may take place; how

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Information Technology for DevelopmentTaylor & Francis

Published: Jul 1, 2012

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