Paper Info
Title
Demystifying the Possibilities of ICT4D in the Mountain Regions of Nepal
Abstract
Despite the substantial investments in ICT4D projects in developing countries, the benefits are yet to be realised by the majority of remote communities. Inaccessibility to ICT has widened educational, healthcare, information, and communication gaps between urban and remote communities. This paper focuses on an interpretive case study in Nepal to widen our understanding of how locally-initiated ICT4D projects may help to narrow these gaps. The study utilises the Assets Pentagon Model to identify the strengths and challenges of the Nepal Wireless Networking Project in the mountain areas, and to identify implications for research and practice based on insights from the case.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1109/HICSS.2011.142
System Sciences
Keywords
Field
DocType
information services,information technology,project management,town and country planning,ICT inaccessibility,ICT service,ICT4D project,Nepal,assets pentagon model,mountain area,mountain region,remote community,substantial investment,urban community,wireless networking project
Telemedicine,Information system,Health care,Economic growth,Environmental planning,Computer science,Information technology,Knowledge management,Developing country,Information and Communications Technology,Government,Project management
Conference
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
1530-1605
978-1-4244-9618-1
8
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.76
8
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Devinder Thapa110919.57
Øystein Sæbø241331.52