Publication Type

Editorial

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

9-2012

Abstract

A consistent expectation on the part of public policy-makers, governments and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) has been that information and communications technologies (ICTs) will be a driver of economic growth and social development for the people away from poverty in the nations that harness them effectively. As this process proceeds around the world in the presence of dramatic technical progress, poverty nevertheless continues to be a difficult and grinding social problem to combat. In spite of the promised changes, the reality is that today there are greater population pressures, continuing inertial forces for economic stagnation, unstable social conditions and regional strife, as well as an increasingly inequitable distribution of wealth and lacking opportunities for growth in many countries.

Discipline

Computer Sciences | E-Commerce | Technology and Innovation

Research Areas

Information Systems and Management

Publication

Electronic Commerce Research and Applications

Volume

11

Issue

5

First Page

447

Last Page

449

ISSN

1567-4223

Identifier

10.1016/j.elerap.2012.09.002

Publisher

Elsevier

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elerap.2012.09.002

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