ICT as an enabler of Socio-Economic Development Export

@misc{citeulike:4221490, abstract = {Abstract: Today's is a world of many divides, one of the most typical being the Digital Divide which in itself has given birth to or is worsening other economic and social divides. In this world more suffer and less are able to benefit from technology. This paper fosters the importance and need of international cooperation for use \& promotion of Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D) trying to bridge the digital divides within countries, regions and the world. The concept of ” Information Society ” has made it imperative that no country can develop without involving \& focusing on regional and global development perspectives. Collaboration has become the key word. When we talk of integrated socio-economic development, it takes into account many areas which can benefit from faster access and enhanced productivities by using ICT in each of these. Some case studies on use of ICT for different initiatives within Pakistan are reviewed and conclusions drawn on how it does support the socio-economic development, which may be similar and bear lessons for many developing countries.}, author = {Hameed, Tahir}, citeulike-article-id = {4221490}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.128.9266}, keywords = {development, economics, ict}, posted-at = {2009-03-26 09:16:24}, priority = {2}, title = {ICT as an enabler of Socio-Economic Development}, url = {http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.128.9266} }

TY - ELEC ID - citeulike:4221490 L3 - citeulike-article-id:4221490 N2 - Abstract: Today’s is a world of many divides, one of the most typical being the Digital Divide which in itself has given birth to or is worsening other economic and social divides. In this world more suffer and less are able to benefit from technology. This paper fosters the importance and need of international cooperation for use & promotion of Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D) trying to bridge the digital divides within countries, regions and the world. The concept of “Information Society ” has made it imperative that no country can develop without involving & focusing on regional and global development perspectives. Collaboration has become the key word. When we talk of integrated socio-economic development, it takes into account many areas which can benefit from faster access and enhanced productivities by using ICT in each of these. Some case studies on use of ICT for different initiatives within Pakistan are reviewed and conclusions drawn on how it does support the socio-economic development, which may be similar and bear lessons for many developing countries. TI - ICT as an enabler of Socio-Economic Development KW - development KW - economics KW - ict AU - Hameed, Tahir UR - http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.128.9266 ER -