Technology Leapfrogging in Developing Countries – An Inevitable Luxury?

Davison, Robert M.; Vogel, Doug; Harris, Roger W.; Jones, Noel D.

doi:10.1002/j.1681-4835.2000.tb00005.x

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“…In ICT trends suggest that lower-income countries will not develop widespread computer and fixed-wire internet adoption in the same way high-income countries have [29,27]. In high-income countries, it has been typical to see step-wise upgrading with respect to ICT adoption [30]. For example, Internet use began with dial-up and has transitioned to broadband Internet and phone use began with fixed-wire telephony and has transitioned to wireless mobile phones [30,29,17].…”

Section: Ict Trends In Lower-income Countriesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In high-income countries, it has been typical to see step-wise upgrading with respect to ICT adoption [30]. For example, Internet use began with dial-up and has transitioned to broadband Internet and phone use began with fixed-wire telephony and has transitioned to wireless mobile phones [30,29,17]. Lower-income countries have the potential to skip this step-wise technology upgrade path, through a process termed technology leapfrogging [30,31].…”

Section: Ict Trends In Lower-income Countriesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For example, Internet use began with dial-up and has transitioned to broadband Internet and phone use began with fixed-wire telephony and has transitioned to wireless mobile phones [30,29,17]. Lower-income countries have the potential to skip this step-wise technology upgrade path, through a process termed technology leapfrogging [30,31]. Technology leapfrogging most often refers to the potential for lower-income countries to bypass fixed-wire communication technologies, such as the personal computer and fixed-wire internet, in favor of tablets, smartphones and other mobile devices that are connected to wireless networks [29].…”

Section: Ict Trends In Lower-income Countriesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Technology leapfrogging is already believed to have occurred with the widespread adoption of the mobile phone in lower-income markets, bypassing the adoption of fixedwire telephones [30,29,31].…”

Section: Ict Trends In Lower-income Countriesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Lower-income countries are less entrenched in intermediate technologies (e.g., personal computers and fixed-wire Internet) making it easier to transition to newer technologies (e.g., mobile phones) than it would be for higher-income countries [30]. It is believed that the high rates of mobile phone adoption will lead to the adoption of other more advanced mobile devices [29].…”

Section: Ict Trends In Lower-income Countriesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Assistive technology (AT) has been actively researched, developed and implemented throughout higher-income countries, but is relatively absent from lowerincome countries. In lower-income countries, there is very little AT for reading, writing, communicating and for participation in the information society. In order for persons with disabilities in lower-income countries to participate fully in society, mainstream Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) such as mobile phones should be used as AT. This paper explores the potential for using mainstream ICTs as AT in lowerincome countries, keeping in mind current ICT trends, characteristics of the post-PC era, and ICT-based AT in higher-income countries. We conclude the paper with a case study where mobile phones and SMS were used by people with disabilities and their caregivers to access information in a resourced-limited community in Bogota, Colombia. Mobile phones, a readily available mainstream ICT in this community, were a useful tool for addressing the information exclusion of people with disabilities and caregivers.

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Reducing poverty is a key feature of the rhetoric of institutional actors in the international development community and serves as the main driver of aid. Reflections on what poverty means and how reductions can be measured have evolved as the amount of aid increased yet failed to deliver expected results. At the heart of this debate is the issue of what we are trying to achieve when engaging in international development. This entry considers narrowly focused definitions of poverty measured in economic terms, for example, those living on less than US$2 per day, and broader conceptions of increasing a person's choice to live the life he or she has reason to value. This entry discusses dimensions of poverty in the context of the potential roles of information, knowledge, and technology in poverty reduction with detailed consideration of the relationship between information and communication technologies (ICTs) and economic growth and livelihood improvements.

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Achieving state‐of‐the‐art ICT connectivity in developing countries: The Azerbaijan model of Technology Leapfrogging

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Technology Leapfrogging can allow developing countries to achieve an advanced state of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) connectivity rapidly and efficiently. And yet, despite its apparent value and benefits, there is currently a lack of research on how the process is enacted. In an attempt to fill this knowledge gap, we conducted a case study of Azerbaijan's national ICT infrastructure development journey. Azerbaijan is one of the top developing countries across the globe in terms of ICT connectivity, and with an in-depth exploration of how it planned for ICT development, and leveraged new and existing ICT capabilities toward the implementation of high-impact projects in the areas of infrastructure development, e-government, information management and security, business and entrepreneurship, and research and education, a process model of Technology Leapfrogging is derived and presented in this article. More specifically, our process model suggests that ICT development in Azerbaijan unfolded as a "stage-skipping" variant of Technology Leapfrogging that consists of 4 stages: (1) strategizing, (2) anchoring, (3) enacting, and (4) reinforcing.Traversing the 4 stages enabled Azerbaijan to achieve the state of the art in ICT connectivity quickly and cost-effectively, which served to generate a number of economic and social outcomes for the country in spite of its limited resources.

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Technology Leapfrogging in Developing Countries – An Inevitable Luxury?

Cited by 114 publications

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Increasing participation in the information society by people with disabilities and their families in lower-income countries using mainstream technologies

Increasing participation in the information society by people with disabilities and their families in lower-income countries using mainstream technologies

ICT4Dand Poverty Reduction

Achieving state‐of‐the‐art ICT connectivity in developing countries: The Azerbaijan model of Technology Leapfrogging

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