The major purpose of this study was conducted to identify the challenges in application of ICTs inrural areas of Iran. A questionnaire was developed and data collected from 187 extensionspecialists. The challenges was categorized by using factor analysis and results show challengeswere classified into organizational, technical, social, financial, regulatory and human factors byorder of their im...

The advancement of information and communication technologies (ICT) has triggered many ICT-enabled services. Regarding this service, the complementary ICT system involves with customers’ devices, industry-wide ICT development and nation-wide ICT infrastructure, which are difficult for any individual organization to control. The ICT predicament is the phenomenon that the complementary ICT system...

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) [1] is a generic term, which is being used for collecting, storing, editing and passing on information in various forms. Increasingly rapid advances in ICT will have profound impact on way teachers teach and how learners learn in near future. The development of new broadband communication services, convergence of telecommunication with computers, r...

ICT projects and institutions in developing countries superimpose in a complex interaction. The acceptance of an ICT project by various stakeholders and the contribution to economic development are functions of such interaction. In general, a successful implementation of an ICT project undertaken in a developing country requires significant institutional adjustments. Drawing upon institutional ...

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is a collection of resources and tools used to generate, communicate, and to store, and manage information systematically. ICT includes computers, the internet, broadcasting technologies, and telephony. It also offers opportunities for global integration. ICT is an indicator for economic development and social well-being of poor people, and also in...

Agriculture is the backbone of India’s economy as two-third of the population live in rural areas and directly or indirectly depend on agriculture for their livelihood. India’s food production has improved significantly during the last three decades due to all-round efforts but Indian agriculture is still facing a multitude of problems to maximize productivity to feed the continuously increasin...

76 Published by the IEEE Computer Society 1089-7801/10/$26.00 © 2010 IEEE IEEE INTERNET COMPUTING I nformation and communication technology (ICT) is a crucial driver behind innovations in Internet computing and drives economic growth and citizens’ quality of life.1,2 In fact, ICT has accounted for 25 percent of US economic growth since 1995, despite constituting just 3 percent of US GDP (www.na...

This study aims to examine the link between inequality and diffusion of Information and Communications Technology (ICT). It focuses on a set of 32 African countries. ICT diffusion rate for all the countries was calculated. Two estimation techniques were used: Fractional Regression Model method and Ordinary Least Squares. The results indicate that inequality contributed to the development of ICT...

The objectives of this paper are to verify the linear and non-linear effects infrastructural development on inclusive human in Africa. results system GMM estimations show a positive effect across all indexes employed, except ICT composite index which presents an insignificant negative effect. Besides, infrastructures was established infrastructure indicators for indicator. Negative thresholds c...