Crowdsourcing and human development: the role of governments

Abstract

This paper explores in which way crowdsourcing and other new technologies can help governments in developing countries work more closely with stakeholders to improve public policy making and allocate public resources in a more responsive fashion vis-a-vis people's needs and priorities. The paper first sets a general background to frame the issues followed by a short literature review of the latest research in this area. It then proposes a new analytical framework which is used to study several cases studies from which it draws conclusions and suggests areas for further research.