ICTs in Developing Countries

PART I: CONCEPTUALISING DIGITAL DIVIDE AND ICT FOR DEVELOPMENT 1. A Critical Review Of The ICT For Development Research; Bidit Lal Dey And Faizan Ali. 2 Structurational Explication Of Technology Adoption In ICT4D: A Throwback To Giddens; Sanjay Bhowmick PART II: DYNAMICS AND KINETICS OF THE ADOPTION, USE AND APPROPRIATION OF ICTS IN DEVELOPING SOCIETIES 3. Impacts Of An Information And Communication Technology (ICT) Implementation On Regulated Financial Services: A Case Of Swaziland; Hillol Bala, Akshay Bhagwatwar And Moshtaq Ahmed 4. How Young Chinese Consumers Choose Among Different Smartphone Brands: The Importance Of Socio-Cultural And Marketing Factors; Raffaele Filieri 5. Global Tools Enhance Local Exchange Through Community Currency In An Alternate Economy; Liezl Coetzee 6. Appropriation Of Mobile Telephony At The Bottom Of The Pyramid; Bidit Lal Dey And Ben Binsardi 7. Political Microblogging: A Case Study Of Twitter In The 'Shahbag Movement'; Faheem Hussain, Mashiat Mostafa And Zyma Islam 8. Development And Use Of Open Source Software In India; Meera Sarma PART III: POLICY AND PRACTITIONER IMPLICATIONS 9. Effects Of ICT Development On Economic Growth In Emerging Asian Countries; Anupam Das, Syeed Khan And Murshed Chowdhury 10. Digital Divide, Digital Ethics And E-Government; Subhajit Basu 11. Enabling Better Port Governance In Developing Countries: The Role Of Information Technology; M. Karim Sorour And Loay Abdul-Mageed Index