ICT4D and the Sustainable Development Goals: a road well-traveled

IF 5.1 3区管理学 Q1 DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

Information Technology for Development Pub Date : 2023-01-02 DOI:10.1080/02681102.2023.2166279

Annika Andersson, Mathias Hatakka

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ABSTRACT Some 35 years after the United Nations published its Brundtland report [Brundtland Commission. (1987). Our common future: Report of the World Commission on Environment and Development, Geneva, UN-Dokument A/42/427. Retrieved December 24, 2022, from https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/5987our-common-future.pdf] on the many threats our planet is under due to over- and underdevelopment, we are still struggling with how to make our world sustainable. Today we have the Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs) to guide us, but they have been largely criticized just like their predecessors. The debate in Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D) mainly concerns to which extent Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) may contribute to the SDGs. This editorial offers a historic overview of the different development goals that the UN has offered and eight papers that offer a view into the discussion of the challenges facing the SDGs, but also examples of experimental strategies on how ICTs can be used in realizing, or undermining, these goals.

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ICT4D与可持续发展目标：一条人迹罕至的道路

摘要：联合国发表布伦特兰报告35年后[布伦特兰委员会，1987年]，《我们共同的未来：世界环境与发展委员会的报告》，日内瓦，联合国文件A/42/427。2022年12月24日检索自https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/content/documents/5987our-common-future.pdf]尽管我们的星球由于过度发展和欠发达而面临许多威胁，但我们仍在努力解决如何使我们的世界可持续发展的问题。今天，我们有可持续发展目标（SDG）来指导我们，但它们和它们的前任一样，在很大程度上受到了批评。信息和通信技术促进发展（ICT4D）的辩论主要关注信息和通信科技在多大程度上有助于实现可持续发展目标。这篇社论对联合国提出的不同发展目标进行了历史性概述，并发表了八篇论文，对可持续发展目标面临的挑战进行了讨论，同时也举例说明了如何利用信息和通信技术实现或破坏这些目标的实验性战略。

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Information Technology for Development Multiple-

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11.30

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16.70%

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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.