“eGovernment initiatives all over the world endeavor to integrate Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to transform delivery of government services to their stakeholders by improving quality of services, accountability and efficiency. In this study we explore adoption of ICT to enhance government-to-employee interactions in a government organization in a developing country. We examine this adoption behavior by utilizing the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) that provides an integrative view of user acceptance. We found that performance and effort expectancy, social influence and facilitating conditions all positively impact the use of the ICT. We did not find a significant moderating effect of gender on these relationships.”
Information and Communication Technologies and the Effects of Globalization: Twenty-First Century "Digital Slavery" for Developing Countries--Myth or Reality?
Information and Communication Technologies and the Effects of Globalization: Twenty-First Century "Digital Slavery" for Developing Countries--Myth or Reality? Electronic Journal of Academic and Special Librarianship; v.6 no.1-2
Author(s)
Prof. L. A. Ogunsola
Website
http://southernlibrarianship.icaap.org/
Contact point
Hezekiah Oluwasanmi Library, Obafemi Awolowo University
Ile - Ife, Nigeria
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“The main goal of this paper is to examine the ICT (Information and Communication Technology) revolution and the concept of globalization as they effect developing countries. Globalization as one of the reasons for possible widening of the gap between the poor and the rich nations was examined and the emerging concept of "digital slavery" was carefully evaluated. The wide gap in availability and use of ICTs across the world and the influences ICTs exert on globalization at the expense of developing countries were carefully examined and suggestions and necessary policies were offered for developing countries to leap-frog the industrialization stage and transform their economies into high value-added information economies that can compete with the advanced countries on the global market. This is why it is important for Africa, in general, and Nigeria, in particular, to be aware of the implications, prepare to avoid the most telling consequences and prepare to meet its challenges.”
A Study of the problems associated with ICT adaptability in Developing Countries in the context of Distance Education
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A Study of the problems associated with ICT adaptability in Developing Countries in the context of Distance Education,
ARTICLE; Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education-TOJDE April 2003 ISSN 1302-6488 Volume:4 Number:2,
India Gandhi National Open University, Haryana-INDIA
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“Communication technologies have come to play a vibrant role in democratizing Education not only in the Developed but also in the Developing Countries. However, in spreading the use of Information and communication technology some major difficulties are felt by the policy makers as well as the implementers. These difficulties are felt both at the growth and application stages of communication technology. Yaverbaum and Reisman highlights the importance of three aspects in the application of new information and communication technology”
Information and communication technologies for development: assessing the potential and the risks
Summary
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Information and communication technologies for development: assessing the potential and the risks.Telecommunications policy, 23 (1), pp. 35-50. ISSN 0308-5961,
Author(s)
Prof. Robin Mansell
Website
http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/26649/
Contact point
Univ.of Sussex Mantell Building, Falmer, Brighton, East Sussex UK BN1 9RF
