WG9.4 Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries – Website of an IFIP TC9 ICTs and Society Working Group

Chair: Robert DAVISON

est. 1989, revised 2007

to collect, exchange and disseminate experiences of information and communications technology (ICT) implementation in developing countries;
to develop a consciousness amongst professionals, policy makers and public on social implications of ICT in developing nations;
to develop criteria, theory, methods, and guidelines for design and implementation of culturally adapted information systems;
to create a greater interest in professionals from industrialized countries to focus on issues of special relevance to developing countries through joint activities with other Technical Committees.

national ICT policy issues;
culturally adapted computer technology and information systems;
role of transnational corporations, regional and international cooperation and self-sufficiency in informatics;
social awareness of ICT and ICT literacy.