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2017 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel

Methodological Approach for Identifying Mechanisms in ICT4D: A Critical Realism Perspective

verfasst von : Hans Olav Omland, Devinder Thapa

Erschienen in: Information and Communication Technologies for Development

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

The ontological questions ‘What is ICT?’ and ‘What is development?’ are described and documented in literature. Similarly, methodological approaches for understanding how ICT leads to development or for measuring the impact of ICT are described. However, explaining ‘why’ ICT works or not in the contexts of developing countries needs further investigation. We propose a critical realism based methodological approach for answering the above mentioned ‘why’-question. The core of a critical realism based approach is to identify the underlying mechanism(s) that may explain a phenomenon of why ICT leads to development. We demonstrate the proposed methodology through applying it on a case in an ICT4D context from Nepal.

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Vorheriges Kapitel A Spatial Perspective of Innovation and Development: Innovation Hubs in Zambia and the UK
Nächstes Kapitel Participatory Technologies: Affordances for Development
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Metadaten
Titel
Methodological Approach for Identifying Mechanisms in ICT4D: A Critical Realism Perspective
verfasst von
Hans Olav Omland
Devinder Thapa
Copyright-Jahr
2017
Buch
Information and Communication Technologies for Development

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-59110-0

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-59111-7

Copyright-Jahr: 2017

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59111-7_16

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