ICTs for Global Development and Sustainability

Many hundreds of millions of dollars have been wasted by well meaning philanthropists aid agencies and governments in projects to deploy ICT solutions in developing contexts. The very long list of public Internet access facilities (telecenters internet cafés multi-purpose community centers) that were either closed down or that never got off the ground in the first place is very troublesome. Yet there are some cases that seem to be very effective. ICTs for Global Development and Sustainability: Practice and Applications unites the theoretical underpinnings and scientific methodology of an approach of deploying ICT in marginalized communities to bridge the so-called digital divide. This book contains case studies of Asia Africa Latin America and the Caribbean that demonstrate which approaches work and which do not in deploying public access to information sources.