1. A Framework for ICT security policy management / Sitalakshmi Venkatraman -- 2. A model for building trust in E-government / Stephen Mutula -- 3. Adopting mobile devices in classroom / Chockalingam Annamalai, Wahyudi Yososutikno, Ng Thoe -- 4. Analysing an ICT4D project in India using the...

Since the dawn of civilization, new technologies-from the plow to the locomotive to the computer-have transformed human lives. These changes have often been for the better, but occasionally also for the worse. No matter what consequence, these changes have always been irrevocable and pervasive....

Gender economics: an introduction to contemporary gender economics / Susanne Moore -- A note on the history of gender economics and feminist economics: not the same story / Giandomenica Becchio -- Impact of microfinance on female empowerment: a review of the empirical literature / Sefa Kwami...

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