Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D) / Richard Heeks.

By:

Heeks, Richard, 1960- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Routledge perspectives on developmentPublisher: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018Description: pages cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781138101807 (hardback : alk. paper)
9781138101814 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

338.926091724 HEE 23

LOC classification:

HC59.72.I55 H44 2018

Online resources:

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Contents:

Understanding ICT4D -- Foundations of ICT4D -- Implementing ICT4D -- ICTS and economic growth -- ICTS, poverty and livelihoods -- ICTS and social development -- e-Governance and development -- ICTS and environmental sustainability --The future of ICT4D.

Summary: "This is the first dedicated textbook to examine and explain these emerging phenomena of Information and Communication Technology for Development. It will help students, practitioners and researchers understand the place of ICTs within development; the ICT-enabled changes already underway; and the key issues and interventions that engage ICT4D practice and strategy. The book uses extensive in-text diagrams, tables and boxed examples with chapter-end discussion and assignment questions and further reading. Supported by online activities, video links and session outlines and slides, this textbook provides the basis for undergraduate, postgraduate and online learning modules on ICT4D"-- Provided by publisher.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
eBooks	eBooks eBooks	NFIC	338.926091724 HEE (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	BMFL23110004

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"This is the first dedicated textbook to examine and explain these emerging phenomena of Information and Communication Technology for Development. It will help students, practitioners and researchers understand the place of ICTs within development; the ICT-enabled changes already underway; and the key issues and interventions that engage ICT4D practice and strategy. The book uses extensive in-text diagrams, tables and boxed examples with chapter-end discussion and assignment questions and further reading. Supported by online activities, video links and session outlines and slides, this textbook provides the basis for undergraduate, postgraduate and online learning modules on ICT4D"-- Provided by publisher.

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