Call for Papers

Contributions to the Journal are solicited that address IT for Development. Papers that address electronic networks for social and economic development as well as the use of Information Technology for resource mobilization in developing countries and transition economies are particularly welcome. The management and mobilization of intellectual capital has implications for fostering indigenous capacity for commerce. IT for Development considers IT, policy and commerce infrastructures as well as sourcing strategies, policy making, international legal frameworks, the effects of online communities and research methods for measuring effects of IT. Both qualitative and quantitative research that considers the value of IT for development is appropriate for ITD. Papers that address but are not limited to the topics listed below should be submitted to ITD:

Development Issues

• IT Ethics and Development
• International legal frameworks
• IT and the global community
• IT and the emergence of the knowledge society
• International ICT dialogues and discourses: Implications for developed and transition economies
• Consultation and collaboration across the digital differences
• Adoption and diffusion of IT and Rate of uptake
• Security of network infrastructures, Public Key Infrastructure
• Scalable infrastructures for development
• Sustainable development in developing and transition economies

IT Policy

• IT Infrastructures for public administration and reform
• IT Infostructure for public administration and reform (legal framework, HRD frameworks)
• eGovernance for good government (eGovernment, eDemocracy and eBusiness)
• International commerce and development
• Public Policy for the IT Industry
• Innovations in capacity building for ICT development (education in IT, skills for ICT development)
• Debt financing strategies and developments
• IT Strategies for Development (national and sectoral)
  

Electronic Commerce, Collaborative Commerce and Electronic Collaboration

• eGovernment: Procurement: public procurement information systems
• Metropolitan growth and Global Information Systems (GIS)
• Sourcing strategies: netsourcing
• Outsourcing web enabled strategies
• Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) access to public procurement systems
• Open sourcing,Online Communities
• eCommerce Security

Health Informatics

• Innovations in bioinformatics
• Information for action in healthcare
• Health information systems
• Rural Health Infrastructures

Special Issues

We have an upcoming Special Issue on ICT Education in Developing Economies

Please have a look at the official Call for Papers

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