Information Technologies & International Development (ITID), an interdisciplinary open-access journal that focuses on the intersection of information and communication technologies (ICTs) with the ?other four billion? has just published its Spring 2010 issue under the guidance of Roxana Barrantes.
Roxana Barrantes writes, ?in this issue, we encounter several examples of different approaches for offering new knowledge that could help shape policy initiatives to improve people?s lives. Testing a comprehensive methodology (morphological analysis) for selecting ICT applications for South African service delivery, Plauch?, De Waal, Gumede, and Grover describe the resources needed for such an effort. Hosman relies on extensive fieldwork and qualitative techniques to discuss the implementation of an ICT-in-education project in rural Uganda. In contrast to these two papers, hard econometric techniques are used by Majumdar to demonstrate the effects of globalization on workers? compensation in India?s technology sector, and by Covic and Wainer to examine digital exclusion of communities of African descent in Brazil. Different methodologies for addressing similar problems can also be found in the current issue?s research report pieces. Following our Special Issue on HCI, Pitula, Dysart-Gale, and Radhakrishnan present a case study in engineering for ICT4D, while Dralega, Due, and Skogerb? offer a fascinating comparison of community re-engagement of youth in Norway and Uganda. Our Forum piece, prepared by Smith and Elder, discusses how open ICT ecosystems could transform the developing world. Finally, Badshah presents two of the more than 500 applications of the Microsoft Unlimited Potential project, showing the importance of local leadership and ownership.? http://itidjournal.org/itid
