ABSTRACT
This chapter identifies key technological trends of relevance to the future of Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D). It explains the technologies, innovations and challenges of Development 2.0. The chapter presents the technologies, innovations and challenges of data-intensive development. It explains the technologies, innovations and challenges of open development and considers the terminology of ICT4D's future. Web 2.0 is based upon a set of technical architectures and programming tools that enable the simplicity and interoperability of its user applications. These can be broken down into four categories: communication, cooperation, collaboration, and connection. However, the advent of digital Information and Communication Technology (ICTs) – including but not limited to Web 2.0 – has greatly increased the production of data and also the ability to store, process and output that data. Open models have been associated with the advent of Web 2.0, though they derive from a much wider set of trends.
