Information Technology for Development

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Editor-in-chief: Prof. Sajda Qureshi, University of Nebraska at Omaha

Information Technology for Development, with an established record for publishing quality research and influencing practice, is the first journal to have explicitly addressed global information technology issues and opportunities. It publishes social and technical research on the effects of information technology (IT) on economic, social and human development.

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Information Technology for Development is the official journal of the Association for Information Systems (AIS) Special Interest Group on Global Development and is published by the Commonwealth Secretariat in partnership with Taylor and Francis. The journal can be accessed online via the Taylor & Francis Online platform; while full access requires an institutional or individual subscription, many articles are available on an open-access basis (see full list here).

The journal’s objective is to provide a forum for policy-makers, practitioners and academics to discuss strategies and best practices, tools and techniques for ascertaining the effects of IT infrastructures in government, civil societies and the private sector, and theories and frameworks that explain the effects of IT on development. The concept of development relates to social, economic and human outcomes from the implementation of information and communication technology (ICT) tools, technologies and infrastructures.

Information Technology for Development publishes theoretical, empirical, and critical research using qualitative and/or quantitative methods that offer contributions to social, economic and/or human development outcomes in the following topics:

  • development issues
  • management of sustainable organisations
  • health informatics for development
  • open development
  • electronic government
  • global information systems (GIS)
  • public policy for the IT industry.

The journal addresses how to achieve significant, measurable improvements in addressing the Millennium Development Goals and Sustainable Development Goals through ICT; strategies for sourcing goods and services; best practices for working in different countries; theories and frameworks that explain the effects of IT on development; and tools and techniques for ascertaining the effects of IT infrastructures in government, civil society and the private sector.

For more about the journal including how to submit your work, see its pages on Taylor & Francis Online.

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Latest issue

Volume 29, issue 1: ICT4D and the Sustainable Development Goals: A road well-traveled

In this issue, an editorial by Annika Andersson and Mathias Hatakka offers a historic overview of the different development goals that the UN has offered, and discuss how  Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) can be used to realise, or undermine, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and sustainability more generally, through an analysis of the eight papers included in this issue.

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Calls for special issue papers

Special Issue: Technology Platforms as a Model for Business Development

Special Issue: Indigenous knowledge and Information Technology for Sustainable Development


 

 

 

In this issue, an editorial by Annika Andersson and Mathias Hatakka offers a historic overview of the different development goals that the UN has offered, and discuss how  Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) can be used to realise, or undermine, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and sustainability more generally, through an analysis of the eight papers included in this issue.
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