Search Results - "Information technology for development"

Impact of information technology innovation on firm performance in Kenya by Chege, Samwel Macharia, Wang, Daoping, Suntu, Shaldon Leparan

“…Information communication technology (ICT) is driving modern employment creation with networking sites enabling people to interact through innovation. However,…”
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Human-centered design for global health equity by Holeman, Isaac, Kane, Dianna

“…As digital technologies play a growing role in healthcare, human-centered design is gaining traction in global health. Amid concern that this trend offers…”
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Digital innovation in SMEs: a systematic review, synthesis and research agenda by Ramdani, Boumediene, Raja, Siddhartha, Kayumova, Marina

“…This paper presents a systematic literature review on digital innovation in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs). It aims to synthesize previous research…”
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ICT4D research: reflections on history and future agenda by Walsham, Geoff

“…Research on the use of ICTs for international development, or information and communication technology for development (ICT4D) research, has a history going…”
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The role of information and communication technologies in socioeconomic development: towards a multi-dimensional framework by Roztocki, Narcyz, Soja, Piotr, Weistroffer, Heinz Roland

“…In this introduction to the special issue on the role of information and communication technologies (ICT) in socioeconomic development, we provide a conceptual…”
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The criticality of ICT-trade nexus on economic and inclusive growth by Adeleye, Bosede Ngozi, Adedoyin, Festus, Nathaniel, Solomon

“…This paper contributes to the ICT-growth and trade-growth literature by investigating the ICT-trade nexus on economic and inclusive growth. That is, does ICT…”
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Increasing collaboration and participation in smart city governance: a cross-case analysis of smart city initiatives by Viale Pereira, Gabriela, Cunha, Maria Alexandra, Lampoltshammer, Thomas J., Parycek, Peter, Testa, Maurício Gregianin

“…This study addresses the concept of smart governance in the context of smart cities, with a focus on analyzing the phenomenon of smart collaboration. Relying…”
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Financial inclusion, information and communication technology diffusion, and economic growth: a panel data analysis by Chatterjee, Amrita

“…Earlier studies accept that both Financial Inclusion (FI) and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) individually play positive role in economic…”
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Factors affecting digital technology adoption by small-scale farmers in agriculture value chains (AVCs) in South Africa by Smidt, Hermanus Jacobus, Jokonya, Osden

“…Digital technologies enable small-scale farmers to reduce some constraints to participate in Agriculture Value Chains (AVCs). Small-scale farmers face…”
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Contextual facilitators and barriers influencing the continued use of mobile payment services in a developing country: insights from adopters in India by Pal, Abhipsa, Herath, Tejaswini, De', Rahul, Rao, H. Raghav

“…Mobile payment services hold the potential for financial inclusion in developing economies. Low-income countries are characterized by distinctive conditions…”
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Conceptualizing development in information and communication technology for development (ICT4D) by Zheng, Yingqin, Hatakka, Mathias, Sahay, Sundeep, Andersson, Annika

“…ICT4D research is faced with the challenge of rapidly changing technologies and increasingly complex social dynamics and development processes. We argue that…”
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Digital citizen empowerment: A systematic literature review of theories and development models by Sharma, Swapnil, Kar, Arpan K., Gupta, M. P., Dwivedi, Yogesh K., Janssen, Marijn

“…Governments worldwide invest heavily in digital initiatives to develop information societies with connected and actively engaged citizens, but problems like…”
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Impacts of ICT and digital finance on poverty and income inequality: a sub-national study from India by Das, Simontini, Chatterjee, Amrita

“…The present paper explores both the direct and indirect impact of ICT diffusion through the channel of digital finance on two development indicators such as…”
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Technology-driven information sharing and conditional financial development in Africa by Asongu, Simplice A., Anyanwu, John C., Tchamyou, Vanessa S.

“…Information technology is increasingly facilitating mechanisms by which information asymmetry between lenders and borrowers in the financial sector can be…”
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Digital inequality beyond the digital divide: conceptualizing adverse digital incorporation in the global South by Heeks, Richard

“…Digital systems are significantly associated with inequality in the global South. That association has traditionally been understood in terms of the digital…”
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Factors affecting the adoption of information and communication technology in small and medium enterprises: a perspective from rural Saudi Arabia by AlBar, Adnan Mustafa, Hoque, Md. Rakibul

“…Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) can play an important role in the national economy of developing countries. The adoption of information and communication…”
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Strengthening digital inclusion through e-government: cohesive ICT training programs to intensify digital competency by Chohan, Sohail Raza, Hu, Guangwei

“…Governments around the globe are in a quest for successful e-government services. In this pursuit, one of the most significant barriers to e-government…”
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Impact of AIS success on decision-making effectiveness among SMEs in less developed countries by Al-Hattami, Hamood Mohammed

“…Accounting information system (AIS) is becoming increasingly paramount for SMEs in order to boost decision-making effectiveness (DME). The issue is no longer…”
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Why Don't Farmers Use Cell Phones to Access Market Prices? Technology Affordances and Barriers to Market Information Services Adoption in Rural Kenya by Wyche, Susan, Steinfield, Charles

“…Providing smallholder farmers with agricultural information could improve economic development, by helping them to grow more crops, which they could then sell…”
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Determinants of FinTech payment services diffusion by SMEs in Sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from Ghana by Coffie, Cephas Paa Kwasi, Hongjiang, Zhao, Mensah, Isaac Adjei, Kiconco, Rebecca, Simon, Abraham Emuron Otim

“…Despite the potency of Financial Technology (FinTech) in facilitating financial inclusion, the determinants of the diffusion in Small and Medium-Sized…”
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