Measuring the impacts of information and communication technology for development
An edition of Measuring the impacts of information and communication technology for development (2011)
By United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
Publish Date
2011
Publisher
United Nations
Language
eng
Pages
23
Description:
"This paper explores why measuring the impacts of information and communication technology (ICT) is important for development -- and why it is statistically challenging. Measuring impacts in any field is difficult, but for ICT there are added complications because of its diversity and rapidly changing nature. A number of impact areas are identified in section 1, and their relationships explored, in the context of their place in the social, economic and environmental realms. The result is a complex web of relationships between individual impact areas, such as economic growth and poverty alleviation, and background factors, such as a country's level of education and government regulation."--Abstract.