Catalyzing Development through ICT Adoption The Developing World Exp
This book examines the role that Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) play in growth and economic development promotion, specifically for developing countries. It highlights multiple methodologies for quantifying the impact of ICTs. This incl
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Catalyzing Development through ICT Adoption The Developing World Experience
Catalyzing Development through ICT Adoption
Harleen Kaur • Ewa Lechman • Adam Marszk Editors
Catalyzing Development through ICT Adoption The Developing World Experience
Editors Harleen Kaur Department of Computer Science and Engineering School of Engineering Sciences and Technology Hamdard University New Delhi, India
Ewa Lechman Faculty of Management and Economics Gdańsk University of Technology Gdańsk, Poland
Adam Marszk Faculty of Management and Economics Gdańsk University of Technology Gdańsk, Poland
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Foreword
This is the second year since the adoption of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by world leaders in September 2015 at a historic United Nations Summit. Over the next 15 years, countries will mobilize total efforts to end all forms of poverty, fight inequalities, and tackle climate change. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have the potential to accelerate socio-economic development of all countries in support of the 2030 development agenda for sustainable development. Today, seven billion people (95% of the global population) live in an area that is covered by a mobile-cellular network. Mobile-broadband networks (3G or above) reach 84% of the global population. Over two-thirds of the population lives within an area covered by a mobile-broadband network. Information and communication technology serv
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