Impact of Information Society Research in the Global South

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Research on the Impact of the Information Society in the Global South: An Introduction to SIRCA....Pages 1-17
Front Matter....Pages 19-19
The Impact of Research on Development Policy and Practice: This Much We Know....Pages 21-43
Constructing Theories of Change for Information Society Impact Research....Pages 45-62
A New Set of Questions: ICT4D Research and Policy....Pages 63-82
Progress Towards Resolving the Measurement Link Between ICT and Poverty Reduction....Pages 83-104
The Impact of mFinance Initiatives in the Global South: A Review of the Literature....Pages 105-123
An Analytical Framework to Incorporate ICT as an Independent Variable....Pages 125-144
Front Matter....Pages 145-145
(Un)Balanced Conversations: Participatory Action Research in Technology Development in Peruvian Primary Schools....Pages 147-165
The Institutional Dynamics Perspective of ICT for Health Initiatives in India....Pages 167-185
Cybersex as Affective Labour: Critical Interrogations of the Philippine ICT Framework and the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012....Pages 187-202
The Internet and Indonesian Women Entrepreneurs: Examining the Impact of Social Media on Women Empowerment....Pages 203-222
The Use of Mobile Communication in the Marketing of Foodstuffs in Côte d’Ivoire....Pages 223-241
Designing Web 2.0 Tools for Online Public Consultation....Pages 243-263
ICTs and Opinion Expression: An Empirical Study of New-Generation Migrant Workers in Shanghai....Pages 265-282
Impact of Research or Research on Impact: More Than a Matter of Semantics and Sequence....Pages 283-291