Information Technology for Development
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/TITD
Information Technology for Development, with an established record for publishing quality research and influencing practice for over 20 years, 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. In addition to being a valuable publication in the field of information systems, Information Technology for Development is also cited in fields such as public administration, economics, and international development and business, and has a particularly large readership in international agencies connected to the Commonwealth Secretariat, United Nations, and World Bank. Information Technology for Development endeavors to advance research and practice in the development of scalable Information Technology (IT) infrastructures in global development, and considers IT, policy and commerce infrastructures, and the effects of online communities and research methods for measuring the effects of IT. The journal appeals to engineers, scientists, strategists, practitioners in the field, academics, international leaders, and policy-makers who recognize the importance of IT as an economic driver and make decisions with respect to investments in technical, legal and human infrastructures. The objective of Information Technology for Development is to provide a forum for policy-makers, practitioners, and academics to discuss strategies and best practices for working in developing countries, 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 journal helps address how to achieve significant, measurable improvements in addressing the Millennium Development Goals through Information and Communication Technology (ICT): Strategies for sourcing goods in the less developed countries and marketing services to the more developed countries; Best practices for working in the 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. Information Technology for Development accepts both qualitative and quantitative research on subjects such as:
Development Issues:
IT ethics and development
International legal frameworks
IT and the global community
Effect of mobile infrastructures on development
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
Attaining Millennium Development Goals through ICT
Official development assistance
IT Policy:
eGovernment
IT infrastructure for public administration and reform [legal framework, human resource development (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)
ICT and political development in transitional economies
ICT standards and dependency
Cyber-security
IT Business:
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
Uptake of ICTs on micro-enterprises and their effect on the economy
Health Informatics:
Innovations in bioinformatics
Information for action in healthcare
Health information systems
Rural health infrastructures