ABSTRACT
Implementing information and communication technologies for development (ICTD) is an area in which the global and the local inevitably intersect. Although the trend is beginning to change, typically technologies that were developed elsewhere, mostly in Western countries, are brought in to developing countries by governments, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), or others working in the development sector and then applied to local development issues. These issues range from preventing the spread of HIV and AIDS to informing farmers about market prices for their goods to educating women and girls in rural communities. The application of ICTs to development problems is expansive.
