SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY POLICY

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1 SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY POLICY

2 IFIP The International Federation for Information Processing IFIP was founded in 1960 under the auspices of UNESCO, following the First World Computer Congress held in Paris the previous year. An umbrella organization for societies working in information processing, IFIP's aim is two-fold: to support information processing within its member countries and to encourage technology transfer to developing nations. As its mission statement clearly states, IFIP's mission is to be the leading, truly international, apolitical organization which encourages and assists in the development, exploitation and application of information technology for the benefit of all people. IFIP is a non-profitmaking organization, run almost solely by 2500 volunteers. It operates through a number of technical committees, which organize events and publications. IFIP's events range from an international congress to local seminars, but the most important are: The IFIP World Computer Congress, held every second year; Open conferences; Working conferences. The flagship event is the IFIP World Computer Congress, at which both invited and contributed papers are presented. Contributed papers are rigorously refereed and the rejection rate is high. As with the Congress, participation in the open conferences is open to all and papers may be invited or submitted. Again, submitted papers are stringently refereed. The working conferences are structured differently. They are usually run by a working group and attendance is small and by invitation only. Their purpose is to create an atmosphere conducive to innovation and development. Refereeing is less rigorous and papers are subjected to extensive group discussion. Publications arising from IFIP events vary. The papers presented at the IFIP World Computer Congress and at open conferences are published as conference proceedings, while the results of the working conferences are often published as collections of selected and edited papers. Any national society whose primary activity is in information may apply to become a full member of IFIP, although full membership is restricted to one society per country. Full members are entitled to vote at the annual General Assembly, National societies preferring a less committed involvement may apply for associate or corresponding membership. Associate members enjoy the same benefits as full members, but without voting rights. Corresponding members are not represented in IFIP bodies. Affiliated membership is open to non-national societies, and individual and honorary membership schemes are also offered.

3 SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY POLICY Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Human Choice and Computers (HCC8), IFIP TC 9, Pretoria, South Africa, September 25-26, 2008 Edited by Chrisanthi Avgerou London School of Economics and Political Science United Kingdom Matthew L. Smith International Development Research Centre Canada & London School of Economics and Political Science United Kingdom Peter van den Besselaar University of Amsterdam & Rathenau Institute The Netherlands 123

4 Library of Congress Control Number: Social Dimensions of Information and Communication Technology Policy Edited by Chrisanthi Avgerou, Matthew L. Smith and Peter van den Besselaar p. cm. (IFIP International Federation for Information Processing, a Springer Series in Computer Science) ISSN: / (Internet) ISBN: eisbn: Printed on acid-free paper Copyright 2008 by International Federation for Information Processing. All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights springer.com

5 Contents 1. Human choice and ICT policy: Introduction to the HCC8 1 Conference proceedings Chrisanthi Avgerou, Matthew L. Smith, and Peter van den Besselaar 2. Communication, information, and ICT policy: 15 Enabling research frameworks Robin Mansell Part 1: The shaping of national and international ICT policies and their effects 3. The argumentative structure of spatial data infrastructure 31 initiatives in America and Africa Yola Georgiadou & Vincent Homburg 4. ICT policy as a governance domain: The case of Greece and 45 the European Commission Ioanna Chini 5. National variations of the information society: Evidence from 63 the Greek case Dimitris Boucas 6. Technology, globalisation, and governance: Research 81 perspectives and prospects Tony Cornford & Diego D. Navarra 7. Globalisation and national security issues for the state: 95 Implications for national ICT policies Jackie Phahlamohlaka 8. Next generation ICT policy in South Africa: Towards a human 109 development-based ICT policy Walter Brown & Irwin Brown

6 vi 9. Challenges of ICT policy for rural communities: A case study 125 from South Africa Mpostol Jeremia Mashinini Part 2: Harnessing the empowering capacity and ICT 10. Digital divides and the role of policy and regulation: 141 a qualitative study Panayiota Tsatsou 11. Empowerment through ICT: A critical discourse analysis of the 161 Egyptian ICT policy Bernd Carsten Stahl 12. Egyptian women artisans: ICTs are not the entry to modern markets 179 Leila Hassanin 13. Institutional strategies towards improving health 191 information systems (HIS) in Sub-Saharan Africa Solomon B. Bishaw 14. A human environmentalist approach to diffusion in ICT policies 209 Elaine Byrne & Lizette Weilbach 15. ICT and socio-economic development: A university s engagement 223 in a rural community in Yola, Nigeria Jainaba M.L. Kah & Muhammadou M. O. Kah 16. Lessons from a dropped ICT curriculum design project: A 241 retrospective view Roohollah Honarvar Part 3: The shaping of the institutions of the information society years of ways of Internet governance: Towards a new agenda 255 for action Jacques Berleur 18. Governmental policies for ICT diffusion and leadership 275 legitimacy in grassroots movements Magda Hercheui

7 vii 19. Examining trust in mobile banking transactions: 287 The case of M-PESA in Kenya Olga Morawczynski & Gianluca Miscione 20. Social networks within filtered ICT networks: A case study 299 of the growth of internet usage within Iran Farid Shirazi 21. A no-ipr model as solution to reuse and understanding 319 of information systems Kai K. Kimppa 22. Measuring information societies: A critical study of 327 the Infostate framework Anouk Mukherjee 23. Open access barriers: An action research 335 Mathias Klang Part 4: Panels 24. Free and Open Source Software in low-income countries: 351 Emergent properties? Gianluca Miscione, Dorothy Gordon, & Kevin Johnston 25. Evaluating Connecting for Health : Policy implications 357 of a UK mega-programme Kathy McGrath, Jane Hendy, Ela Klecun, Leslie Willcocks, & Terry Young 26. Gender research in Africa into ICTs for empowerment (GRACE) 363 Ineke Buskens, Gertrudes Macueve, Ibou Sane, & Ann Webb