Proposed stages of a rural ICT comprehensive evaluation framework in ICT for rural development projects

Date

2011-10

Authors

Pade-Khene, Caroline
Sewry, David

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ISSN

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1145/2072221.2072269

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Publisher

Association fro Computing Machinery

Type

Conference

Peer reviewed

Yes

Abstract

The evaluation of rural ICT for development projects is indispensable as it determines the need, effectiveness, impact, sustainability and extent of the awareness of the contribution such projects or programmes can make in poverty alleviation and development. Evaluation in this case, needs to be comprehensive to capture relevant impact and effectiveness throughout the life of these projects in marginalised communities. This paper presents a high level description of the Rural ICT Comprehensive Evaluation Framework (RICT-CEF). The RICT-CEF is comprised of 1) An Overall Evaluation Plan, 2) An Evaluation Lifecycle consisting of seven domains of evaluation, and 3) An Iterative Design. These all encompass the key components essential for a comprehensive evaluation of rural ICT projects in developing countries.

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Keywords

information and communication technology (ICT), project evaluation, sustainability, rural development

Citation

Caroline Pade-Khene and Dave Sewry. 2011. Proposed stages of a rural ICT comprehensive evaluation framework in ICT for rural development projects. In Proceedings of the South African Institute of Computer Scientists and Information Technologists Conference on Knowledge, Innovation and Leadership in a Diverse, Multidisciplinary Environment (SAICSIT ’11). Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, pp. 326–329

URI

https://dora.dmu.ac.uk/handle/2086/19825

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Research Institute

Collections

School of Computer Science and Informatics