I am interested in initiating a debate about whether and how we can embed socio-economic development in information technology (IT).
The ICT4D research community has spent significant efforts on critically exploring, problematising and theorising how IT can challenge and often work against development. I suggest a different approach by investigating how to embed development values in IT, by suggesting a concept of Development by Design, emphasising how to embed development throughout the design and lifecycle of IT.
Inspired by ideas of privacy by design and how the privacy by design approach supports us in keeping the value of privacy in IT, does it make sense to do the same with (values) of socio-economic development?
In the attached paper, I have tried to approach this with a basis of socio-economic development as reflected in notions of digital divides, including the values of access to IT, the relevance of IT, social inclusion through IT, and participation in digital innovation.
Informed by needs, information and communication technology (ICT) can deliver context-appropriate solutions framed by infrastructure—first and foremost, requisite institutional structure and capacity, a reform-oriented mindset, necessary skills and expertise, appropriate business models, and enabling policy and regulatory environments. Once these prerequisites are at hand or in train, there is great scope for the deployment of e-services and applications for prosperity, people, and the planet.
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Dear Prof. Nielsen!
May I argue Smart City - projects are platforms where socio-economic development is embedded in information technology - system thinking:
1) Manimuthu, A., Dharshini, V., Zografopoulos, I. et al. Contactless Technologies for Smart Cities: Big Data, IoT, and Cloud Infrastructures. SN COMPUT. SCI. 2, 334 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42979-021-00719-0 Free access:
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2) Kolesnichenko, O., Mazelis, L., Sotnik, A. et al. Sociological modeling of smart city with the implementation of UN sustainable development goals. Sustain Sci 16, 581–599 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-020-00889-5 Open access: Article Sociological modeling of smart city with the implementation ...
3) A case-study: Nasser Alshammari,et al. (2021). Technology-driven 5G enabled e-healthcare system during COVID-19 pandemic, IET Communications, Early View, 5 June 2021, Open access: Article Technology‐driven 5G enabled e‐healthcare system during COVI...
4) Zaheer Allamab, David S.Jones (2021). Future (post-COVID) digital, smart and sustainable cities in the wake of 6G: Digital twins, immersive realities and new urban economies, Land Use Policy, Volume 101, February 2021, Available at: Article Future (post-COVID) digital, smart and sustainable cities in...
Yours sincerely, Bulcsu Szekely
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