Information technology and development: creating 'IT harems', fostering new colonialism or solving 'wicked' policy problems?

The proliferation of information technology offers challenges to developing countries which struggle with basic human needs. Yet the key to their survival may lie in information which is inaccessible to them. Facing these challenges, developing nations start from a position of frailty based on low l...

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Published in:Public administration and development 2000-08, Vol.20 (3), p.171-184
Main Authors: Korac-Kakabadse, Nada, Kouzmin, Alexander, Korac-Kakabadse, Andrew
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Access to information
Agricultural production
Agricultural research
Colonialism
Copyright
Cultural sensitivity
Developing countries
Development projects
Foreign aid
Information technology
Infrastructure
Knowledge transfer
LDCs
Multinational enterprises
Networks
R&D
Research & development
Technological change
Technology transfer
Transfer pricing
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Summary:The proliferation of information technology offers challenges to developing countries which struggle with basic human needs. Yet the key to their survival may lie in information which is inaccessible to them. Facing these challenges, developing nations start from a position of frailty based on low levels of capital; a limited information infrastructure; dependencies on foreign aid and multinationals; and an ever‐increasing population growth. It is essential that foreign technology inflow is adopted strategically within the pre‐existing framework of national policies for technological development and with an emphasis on technology transfer. The broad policy direction needs to be towards the establishment of an information infrastructure and a contingent perspective for the meta‐policy process of designing appropriate information technology infrastructures. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
ISSN:0271-2075
1099-162X
DOI:10.1002/1099-162X(200008)20:3<171::AID-PAD141>3.0.CO;2-9