Experiencing Technical Difficulties: The Urgent Need to Rewire and Reboot the ICT-Development Machine

Publication date: Tuesday 06 December 2005

ARTICLE 19 has published a report, which should give pause to donors and recipients that have shown great enthusiasm for new information technologies. The report examines the dangers of assuming information and communication technologies (ICTs) bring development, critical information and participation to all sectors of society. 

Evidenced by case studies of South Africa and Armenia, ARTICLE 19 concludes that relevance and context are being overlooked in a global push to fund technologies often inappropriate to the capacity-building ability of the marginalized and vulnerable communities within many developing countries.

Related links:

http://www.article19.org/pdfs/publications/wsis-report-on-icts.pdf