Investigating the impact of ICT investments on human development

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dc.contributor.advisorBrown, T Jen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorBankole, Felix Olubisien_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-10T06:42:50Z
dc.date.available2015-01-10T06:42:50Z
dc.date.issued2009en_ZA
dc.description.abstractIn the last two decades, the worldwide information and communication technology (ICT) market has been growing at a rapid rate. This has led to the global net increase in ICT usage and investments. International organizations, ICT vendors, policy makers have been trying to determine if such huge investments are worthwhile. However, the result regarding this issue is inconclusive, for this research area is fraught with complexity and existing empirical study is limited. Investigating the impact of ICT investments on human development requires appropriate methods that can provide a deeper understanding and which are based on IS perspective theory. Of particular importance are different aspects of ICT investments and the components of human development. For example, ICT investments consist of four aspects namely hardware, software, internal spending and telecommunication investments while human development components are GOP, literacy rates and life expectancy rates. If these variables are not modelled correctly, their effect on each other can be either under- or overestimated and the appropriate level of impact is therefore required.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationBankole, F. O. (2009). <i>Investigating the impact of ICT investments on human development</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,Department of Information Systems. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11873en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationBankole, Felix Olubisi. <i>"Investigating the impact of ICT investments on human development."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,Department of Information Systems, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11873en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationBankole, F. 2009. Investigating the impact of ICT investments on human development. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.risTY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Bankole, Felix Olubisi AB - In the last two decades, the worldwide information and communication technology (ICT) market has been growing at a rapid rate. This has led to the global net increase in ICT usage and investments. International organizations, ICT vendors, policy makers have been trying to determine if such huge investments are worthwhile. However, the result regarding this issue is inconclusive, for this research area is fraught with complexity and existing empirical study is limited. Investigating the impact of ICT investments on human development requires appropriate methods that can provide a deeper understanding and which are based on IS perspective theory. Of particular importance are different aspects of ICT investments and the components of human development. For example, ICT investments consist of four aspects namely hardware, software, internal spending and telecommunication investments while human development components are GOP, literacy rates and life expectancy rates. If these variables are not modelled correctly, their effect on each other can be either under- or overestimated and the appropriate level of impact is therefore required. DA - 2009 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2009 T1 - Investigating the impact of ICT investments on human development TI - Investigating the impact of ICT investments on human development UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11873 ER -en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/11873
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationBankole FO. Investigating the impact of ICT investments on human development. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Commerce ,Department of Information Systems, 2009 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11873en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Information Systemsen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherInformation Systemsen_ZA
dc.titleInvestigating the impact of ICT investments on human developmenten_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMComen_ZA
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