The missing piece: Human-driven design and research in ICT and development

2006 International Conference on Information and Communication Technology and Development, ICTD2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 2-10

  Brand, Paul ^a   Schwittay, Anke ^b  

^a RiOS Institute

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Design methodology; Human factors; IT for developing regions; Social issues; User interfaces

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; INNOVATION; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING; TECHNOLOGY;

COSTA RICA; DESIGN RESEARCH; DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS; E-INCLUSION; HEWLETT PACKARD (CO); HUMAN DESIGN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENTS; HUMAN DIMENSIONS; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ITC); INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; MARKET CREATION; PARTICIPATORY DESIGN (PD); POLITICAL CONDITIONS; SOCIO-CULTURAL; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS; THREE-AXIS;

RESEARCH;

EID: 47649084580     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICTD.2006.301830     Document Type: Conference Paper

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