We present an empirical analysis of HCI for development (HCI4D), a growing research area
aimed at understanding and designing technologies for under-served, under-resourced, and …

Research on the use of ICTs for international development, or information and
communication technology for development (ICT4D) research, has a history going back …

Electronic Governance (EGOV) research studies the use of Information and Communication
Technologies to improve governance processes. Sustainable Development (SD) research …

Prior research suggests that security and privacy needs of users in developing regions are
different than those in developed regions. To better understand the underlying differentiating …

HCI researchers are increasingly conducting research in rural communities. This paper
interrogates how rurality has been treated in previous HCI research conducted in developed …

In over 30 years of history, the field of Information and Communication Technology for
Development (ICT4D) has asserted itself both within Information Systems (IS) and across …

The proliferation of text-based applications in the Mobiles for Development (M4D) domain
tends to privilege the conventional wisdom that texting is a ubiquitous skill among mobile …

Broadband penetration is increasing in South Africa, particularly on mobile devices, but little
is known about the performance of fixed or mobile broadband in the country. This lack of …

In my keynote speech to ICTD2010 in London on which this Forum piece is based, I
presented four future challenges for development informatics in a changing world: an explicit …

Despite an urgent need for social and technological innovation to improve wellbeing of
people and communities in poor regions of the world, information and communications …