Issue 23 : Embedding ICT in development

How can Information and Communication Technology (ICT) support development efforts? ICT cuts across sectors and affects all layers of society; it is used by both micro-projects and large institutions. And it runs through non-profit, private and government organisations, which in an ideal situation communicate through a set of commonly agreed principles, standards and procedures. A virtual mission impossible for low-capacity countries, one would think, looking at the breadth of issues and the number of actors involved.