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Articles

Avgerou, C. (2008). Information systems in developing countries: A critical research review. Journal of Information Technology, 23, 133–144.

Burrell, J. & Toyama, K. (2009). What constitutes good ICTD research?
Information Technologies and International Development, 5(3), 82–94.

Conradie, D. P., Morris, C. & Jacobs, S. J. (2003). Using information and communication technologies (ICTs) for deep rural development in South Africa.
Communicatio 29(1), 199-217.

Heeks, R. (2002a). Information systems and developing countries: Failure, success, and local improvisations.
The Information Society, 18(2), 101–112.

Heeks, R. (2002b). e-Government in Africa: Promise and practice.
Information Polity, 7(2-3), 97–114.

Heeks, R. (2008). ICT4D 2.0: The next phase of applying ICT for international development.
IEEE Computer Society, 41(6), 26–33.

Heeks, R. (2010). Do information and communication technologies (ICTs) contribute to development?
Journal of international development, 22, 625–640.

Khan, F. & Ghadially, R. (2010). Empowerment through ICT education, access and use: A gender analysis of Muslim youth in India.
Journal of International Development, 22. 659–673.

Kleine, D. (2010). ICT4What?—Using the choice framework to operationalise the capability approach to development.
Journal of International Development, 22. 674­–629.

Roman, R. (2003). Diffusion of innovations as a theoretical framework for telecentres.
Information Technologies and International Development, 1(2), 53–66.

Walsham, G. & Sahay, S. (2006). Research on information systems in developing countries: Current landscape and future prospects.
Information Technology for Development, 12(1), 7–24.

White, R. (2004). Is ‘empowerment’ the answer?: Current theory and research on development communication. Gazette: The International Journal for Communication Studies, 66(1), 7-24.

Journals

Gazette: The International Journal for Communication Studies

Information Technology for Development

Information Technologies & International Development

International Journal of Communication


Journal of Information Technology

Journal of international development


The Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries


Books

Hyden, G., Leslie, M., & Ogundimu, F. F. (Eds.) (2003). Media and democracy in Africa. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers.

Schramm, W. (1964).
Mass media and national development: The role of information in developing countries. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.

Servaes, J. (1999).
Communication for development: One world, multiple cultures. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press.

Sen, A. (2000).
Development as freedom. New York: Anchor Books.

Thioune, R. M. (2003).
Questioning ICTs and development in Africa. Information and communication technologies for development in Africa: Opportunities and challenges for community development. Volume 1. Ottowa: IDRC Books.

Unwin, T. (Ed.)(2009).
ICT4D: Information and communication technology for development. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Other

Alsop. R, & Heinsohn, N. (2005). Measuring empowerment in practice—Structuring analysis and framing Indicators. World Bank: Washington DC.

Heeks, R. (2009). The ICT4D manifesto: Where next for ICTs and international development?
Manchester Centre for Development Informatics Working Paper 42, 1–33.