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Title:
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ICT4D & THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS |
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Author(s):
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Franz Ferdinand Rothe |
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ISBN:
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978-989-8533-90-6 |
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Editors:
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Piet Kommers and Guo Chao Peng |
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Year:
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2019 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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ICT4D, Sustainable Development Goals, Policy Coherence |
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Type:
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Short Paper |
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First Page:
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361 |
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Last Page:
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365 |
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Language:
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English |
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Paper Abstract:
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The field of ICT4D (ICT for Development) entails using ICTs in support of the international development agenda, such
as efforts against poverty or for better education in developing countries. The conceptualisation of ICT4D strongly
depends on what is understood as international development itself. Hence, this paper argues that the introduction of the
United NationsÂ’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015 can be understood as a caesura not only for
conceptualising development, but, in turn, for conceptualising ICT4D, as well. On the basis of literature review, this
paper analyses the SDG framework and applies it to theories of ICT4D, outlining to which extent this new development
agenda requires new approaches to ICT4D. In doing so, this article aims to sensitise the reader towards the challenges
and potential dilemmas emerging from this transition and to spark debate on how to conceptualise ICT4D in response. |
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