ICTs in Developing Countries Research, Practices and Policy Implications [Hardcover]

ICTs in Developing Countries is a collection of conceptual and empirical works on the adoption and impacts of ICT use in developing societies. Bringing together a wide range of disciplines and contributors, it offers a rich examination of digital divide and ICT for development both in terms of contextual information and disciplinary perspectives.PART I: CONCEPTUALISING DIGITAL DIVIDE AND ICT FOR DEVELOPMENT
1. A Critical Review Of The ICT For Development Research; Bidit Lal Dey And Faizan Ali.
2 Structurational Explication Of Technology Adoption In ICT4D: A Throwback To Giddens; Sanjay Bhowmick
PART II: DYNAMICS AND KINETICS OF THE ADOPTION, USE AND APPROPRIATION OF ICTS IN DEVELOPING SOCIETIES
3. Impacts Of An Information And Communication Technology (ICT) Implementation On Regulated Financial Services: A Case Of Swaziland; Hillol Bala, Akshay Bhagwatwar And Moshtaq Ahmed
4. How Young Chinese Consumers Choose Among Different Smartphone Brands: The Importance Of Socio-Cultural And Marketing Factors; Raffaele Filieri
5. Global Tools Enhance Local Exchange Through Community Currency In An Alternate Economy; Liezl Coetzee
6. Appropriation Of Mobile Telephony At The Bottom Of The Pyramid; Bidit Lal Dey And Ben Binsardi
7. Political Microblogging: A Case Study Of Twitter In The 'Shahbag Movement'; Faheem Hussain, Mashiat Mostafa And Zyma Islam
8. Development And Use Of Open Source Software In India; Meera Sarma
PART III: POLICY AND PRACTITIONER IMPLICATIONS
9. Effects Of ICT Development On Economic Growth In Emerging Asian Countries; Anupam Das, Syeed Khan And Murshed Chowdhury
10. Digital Divide, Digital Ethics And E-Government; Subhajit Basu
11. Enabling Better Port Governance In Developing Countries: The Role Of Information Technology; M. Karim Sorour And Loay Abdul-Mageed
IndexBidit Dey is Lecturer in Marketing at Brunel Business SchlCÚ