Information and communication technologies for development: assessing the potential and the risks
Mansell, R.
(1999).
Information and communication technologies for development: assessing the potential and the risks.
Telecommunications Policy,
23(1), 35-50.
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0308-5961(98)00074-3
(1999).
Information and communication technologies for development: assessing the potential and the risks.
Telecommunications Policy,
23(1), 35-50.
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0308-5961(98)00074-3
This article provides a review of the United Nations Commission on Science and Technology for Development (UNCSTD) Working Group on ICTs and Development Report (Knowledge Societies: Information Technology for Sustainable Development, Oxford University Press, 1998). The author highlights key issues of ICTs in a development context; and summarizes the Report’s assessment of both potential and risks of ICTs for developing countries. A check-list derived from the Report provides guidelines for issues to consider in developing ICT policies and implementation strategies.