Are Your Digital Development Results in USAID’s DEEM Database?
USAID created the Digital Strategy Digital Ecosystem Evidence Map (DEEM) to give us a searchable database and world map of digital development evidence from across...
Does Digital Development Foster Adverse Digital Incorporation?
Digital systems are significantly associated with inequality in the global South. That association has traditionally been understood in terms of the digital divide...
8 Lessons Learned Making Digital Finance Work for Women in MENA
Despite progress over the past few years, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region still has the largest gender gap in terms of women’s economic participation...
Two Blind Spots that Threaten Your ICT4D Project Success
One of the basic assumptions within the dominant development discourse is that new information and communication technology have a great potential for boosting...
The Digital Divide is Not Binary: The Five A’s of Technology Access – Your Weekend Long Reads
Although more than four billion people now have some kind of Internet access, almost the same number remains without access worldwide. Smartphone sales and the...
Why Does South Asia Have the World Largest Mobile Phone Gender Gap?
Today in India, 67% of men own mobile phones, but only 33% percent of women do. South Asian countries in general are clear outliers among countries of similar levels...
Are You Following the 20 Ethical Standards for ICT4D Research?
ICTD/ICT4D research is diverse and complex. It brings together researchers and participants who come from very different contexts, who have very different life...
Blockchain Use Case Failure: 43 Projects and Zero Impact Found
Blockchain and other distributed ledger technology offers the potential for radical transparency in data collection, management, and use across international development....
4 Lessons Learned Implementing the Mobile Alliance for Maternal Action Programs
The Mobile Alliance for Maternal Action (MAMA) approach uses age- and stage-based messaging directed toward pregnant women, new mothers and families to foster behavior...
Three Ways to Improve the Impact of ICT4D Research on International Development
A primary objective of any research field, and ICT4D is no exception, is to have a significant research impact on their domain of interest.
The thrust of In ICT4D...