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Information and Communication Technologies for Development

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th IFIP WG 9.4 International Conference on Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries, ICT4D 2017, held in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, in May 2017.


The 60 revised full papers and 8 short papers presented together with 3 keynotes were carefully reviewed and selected from 118 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: large scale and complex information systems for development; women empowerment and gender justice; social mechanisms of ICT-enabled development; the data revolution and sustainable development goals; critical perspectives on ICT and open innovation for  development; the contribution of practice theories to ICT for development; agile development; indigenous local community grounded ICT developments; global sourcing and development; sustainability in ICT4D; and information systems development and implementation in Southeast Asia. Also included are a graduatestudent track, current issues and notes. 

The chapter 'An Analysis of Accountability Concepts for Open Development' is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license via link.springer.com.

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ISBN: 9783319591100
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Author: IFIP WG 94 International Conference on Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries, IFIP Working Group 94
Publisher: Springer an imprint of Nanyang Technological University
Format: Hardback
Pagination: 850 pages
Series: IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
Genres: Digital and information technologies: social and ethical aspects
Software Engineering
E-commerce: business aspects
Business mathematics and systems
Computer applications in the social and behavioural sciences
Applied computing