Blockchain for development: a guiding framework

IF 5.1 3区管理学 Q1 DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

Information Technology for Development Pub Date : 2021-06-21 DOI:10.1080/02681102.2021.1935453

P. Cunha, P. Soja, Marinos Themistocleous

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Abstract

ABSTRACT To understand opportunities Blockchain offers for development, we propose a novel framework that considers Business-, Society-, Economy & Finance-, Technology-, and Policy-related factors. It illustrates the complex and multifaceted role of Blockchain in development and is useful in guiding research efforts, formulating actionable advice, and promoting development. We created it methodically, drawing from systematic literature reviews and the authors’ experience with Blockchain and development. Adequately designed and deployed Blockchain systems are relevant contributions that can help address problems that afflict our society, making it more inclusive, fair, and resilient. Solutions that many countries have already adopted in various sectors (e.g. public, financial, business, technology, education) demonstrate the importance of Blockchain to advance development. Further, less developed countries have a window of opportunity to avoid the typical lag in the adoption of Information and Communication Technologies and make quantum leaps that will put them on par with more developed counterparts.

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促进发展:指导框架

为了理解区块链为发展提供的机会，我们提出了一个考虑商业、社会、经济与金融、技术和政策相关因素的新框架。它说明了bbb在发展方面的复杂和多方面的作用，并有助于指导研究工作、制定可行的咨询意见和促进发展。我们根据系统的文献综述和作者在区块链和开发方面的经验，有条不紊地创建了它。充分设计和部署区块链系统是相关的贡献，可以帮助解决困扰我们社会的问题，使其更具包容性、公平性和弹性。许多国家已经在各个部门(如公共、金融、商业、技术、教育)采用了解决方案，这表明bbo对促进发展的重要性。此外，欠发达国家有机会避免在采用信息和通信技术方面的典型滞后，并实现重大飞跃，使其与较发达国家并驾齐驱。

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Information Technology for Development Multiple-

CiteScore

11.30

自引率

16.70%

发文量

期刊介绍： Information Technology for Development , with an established record for publishing quality research and influencing practice, is the first journal to have explicitly addressed global information technology issues and opportunities. It publishes social and technical research on the effects of Information Technology (IT) on economic, social and human development. The objective of the Journal is to provide a forum for policy-makers, practitioners, and academics to discuss strategies and best practices, tools and techniques for ascertaining the effects of IT infrastructures in government, civil societies and the private sector, and theories and frameworks that explain the effects of IT on development. The concept of development relates to social, economic and human outcomes from the implementation of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools, technologies, and infrastructures. In addition to being a valuable publication in the field of information systems, Information Technology for Development is also cited in fields such as public administration, economics, and international development and business, and has a particularly large readership in international agencies connected to the Commonwealth Secretariat, United Nations, and World Bank.