ICT4D: Information and Communication Technology for Development\n\nThe series provides authoritative, scholarly, relevant and reader-friendly commentaries on key issues in the field of ICT4D.\n\nTim Unwin (General editor)\n\n9780521712361, Cambridge University Press\n\nPaperback / softback, published 9 February 2009\n\n404 pages\n22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm, 0.59 kg\n\nICT4D provides an authoritative account of the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in contemporary development practice. It combines theory with practical guidance \u2013 including both a conceptual framework for understanding the rapid development of ICT4D. Case studies provide detailed examples of issues and initiatives from a variety of countries and organisations.\nICTs are becoming increasingly significant in improving the impacts of development practice. However, ICT4D projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America have not always been as effective as their proponents had hoped. This book explores bot]