Catalyzing Development through ICT Adoption

Part I. General and Multiregional Studies

1. Information and Communication Technologies for Economic Development
Ewa Lechman, Adam Marszk

2. The Impact of ICTs on Women’s Economic Empowerment
Dagmara Nikulin

3. Big Data Analytics for ICT Monitoring and Development
Ritu Chauhan, Harleen Kaur, Ewa Lechman, Adam Marszk

4. The Role of ICT Adoption in Curbing Corruption in Developing Countries
Mohamed Sami Ben Ali, Seifallah Sassi

5. Internet, Educational Disparities, and Economic Growth: Differences Between Low-Middle and High-Income Countries
Margarita Billon, Jorge Crespo, Fernando Lera-López

Part II. Asia

6. Strengthening the Public Sector Accounting Through ICT: The Experience of a Developing Country
Md Salah Uddin Rajib, Md Qutub Uddin Sajib, Mahfuzul Hoque

7. Potentials and Challenges of Using ICT for Climate Change Adaptation: A Study of Vulnerable Community in Riverine Islands of Bangladesh
Nuzhat Imam, Md Khalid Hossain, Toma Rani Saha

Part III. Africa and the Middle East

8. Evaluation of E-Infrastructure Deployment in OECD and MENA Countries
Jörn Altmann, Almas Heshmati, Baseem Al-Athwari

9. Model for Constructing Institutional Framework for Scientific Knowledge Management Systems: Nigerian Institutional Repository Innovation Case Applicable to Developing Countries
Samuel C. Avermaria Utulu, Ojelanki Ngwenyama

10. Linkages Between Formal Institutions, ICT Adoption, and Inclusive Human Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Antonio Rodrìguez Andrés, Voxi Amavilah, Simplice Asongu

Part IV. Latin America

11. Inequalities in the Appropriation of Digital Spaces in Metropolitan Areas of Latin America
Roxana Barrantes, Eduardo Vargas

12. Internet Use and Public Programs Participation: Evidence from Chile
Matteo Grazzi, Sebastian Vergara

13. E-Commerce and Productivity: Evidence from Chile
Leonardo Ortega, Alison Cathles, Matteo Grazzi

Part V. Europe

14. Assessing the Economic Potential of Big Data Industries
Ana Salomé García-Muñiz, María Rosalía Vicente

15. Is ICT the Solution of the Problem for Estonia?
Tõnis Mets

Nyckelord: Business and Management, Business Information Systems, Information Systems and Communication Service, Development Economics