Much has been written about information and communication technology (ICT) and its development potential in areas such as poverty reduction. Debates are framed around technocentric visions of development. This discourse on ICT-for-development (ICT4D) has opened the way for academic and policy...

Places in the world unable to access new technologies cannot tap into the benefits of globalisation and risk further marginalisation from global trade (Castells, 1998). Does information and communication technology (ICT), therefore, contribute to marginalisation of least developed countries...

Intro -- Table of Contents -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- PREFACE -- CHAPTER 1 -- CHAPTER 2 Innovation System for ICT: The Case of Brazil -- CHAPTER 3 Innovation System for ICT: The Case of China -- CHAPTER 4 Innovation System for ICT: The Case of India -- CHAPTER 5 Innovation System for ICT: The Case...

The paper provides an evaluation of the development of the South African economy since the end of apartheid in 1994. Taking the 1993 situation as the point of departure, it gives an account of the path leading to the formulation of the major policy documents, and examines to what extent their...