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Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are claimed to be a central engine for societal progress and prosperity and therefore in the last 15 years an increasing body of literature dealing with the interrelation between ICTs and development has been emerging (cf. e.g. Mansell and Wehn 1998; Braga et al. 2000; Okpaku 2003; Wilson 2004; Unwin 2009). Sofar, only the Western world has benefited from these technologies, while developing countries especially are facing the challenge that the already existing tremendous gap between them and the high-income economies in the West may still widen. In this paper the results of a research project in Malawi, which aims to identify strategies for closing this gap, are briefly summarized. |
