Information Technology for Development ( IF 4.261 ) Pub Date : 2021-02-15 , DOI: 10.1080/02681102.2021.1876619 Moonjung Yim 1 , Ricardo Gomez 1
ABSTRACT
This study suggests ways to strengthen and clarify conceptual underpinnings of information and communication technology for development (ICT4D) evaluation by exploring its associations with other related evaluation fields – program evaluation, information system/information technology (IS/IT) evaluation, and aid/development evaluation. These fields have developed long and rich theoretical discourses, models, and approaches over the years, which are of interest to strengthen evaluation practices in ICT4D. Through detailed content analyses and expert interviews, we find that ICT4D evaluation shows significant parallels with the three fields in theory and practice. Also, we see that ICT4D evaluation has developed its own discourse – in particular, ICT4D researchers have valued capturing the situated development context of ICT. We argue that ICT4D evaluation can learn more from other evaluation traditions and disciplines, in order to help move the field to a more ‘mature’ stage.
中文翻译:
加强ICT4D评估:从计划评估,信息系统/信息技术评估以及援助/发展评估等领域汲取的教训
摘要
这项研究通过探索与信息通信技术促进发展(ICT4D)评估与其他相关评估领域(计划评估,信息系统/信息技术(IS / IT)评估以及援助/开发)的关联性,提出了一些方法,以加强和阐明这些概念基础评估。这些年来,这些领域已经发展了长期而丰富的理论论述,模型和方法,对于加强ICT4D中的评估实践很有意义。通过详细的内容分析和专家访谈,我们发现ICT4D评估与理论和实践中的三个领域显示出显着的相似之处。此外,我们看到ICT4D评估已经发展了自己的论述-尤其是ICT4D研究人员非常重视捕获ICT的发展背景。