Information and Communications Technology for Development (ICT4D) - A design challenge?

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

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 243-255

  Tongia, Rahul ^a,b   Subrahmanian, Eswaran ^b,c  

^a IEEE

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Design; ICT and development; Stakeholder participation; Wicked problems

Indexed keywords

DESIGN CHALLENGES; DESIGN SPACES; DEVELOPING WORLD; HUMAN DEVELOPMENTS; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ITC); INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (ICT); INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; MARKET MECHANISMS; METRICS (CO); PRODUCT AND SERVICES; PRODUCTS AND SERVICES; WICKED PROBLEMS;

COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LEAD; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PLANNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TECHNOLOGY;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 47649121802     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICTD.2006.301862     Document Type: Conference Paper

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