ICTD interventions: trends over the last decade.

Chepken, Christopher and Mugwanya, Raymond and Blake, Edwin and Marsden, Gary (2012) ICTD interventions: trends over the last decade., Proceedings of Fifth International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD '12), 241-248.

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Abstract

In this study, we examine Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D) technology interventions that have been developed over the last decade. The purpose is to provide a snapshot of the trends that have characterized ICT4D technology interventions from the period starting 1995 to 2010. This paper presents three general dimensions i.e. ICTs, development and research which are further broken down into seven variables used to categorize projects over this period. The seven variables include: telecommunication, terminal device, target group, domain area, region, research methods and discipline. Results suggest that applied research stood out as the methodology of choice; health and education as the most researched areas; hand-held interventions as the most popular choice of solutions; and Computer Science, Informatics and Information Systems as the disciplines that offer ICT4D technology interventions. Consequently, we argue that these trends will facilitate understanding the past performance of ICT4D, both as an academic field and as an area of development practice, and identify defining ideas on the potential directions for the future.

Item Type:	Conference paper
Subjects:	Human-centered computing
Date Deposited:	16 Oct 2012
Last Modified:	10 Oct 2019 15:33
URI:	http://pubs.cs.uct.ac.za/id/eprint/797

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