Turpin, MAlexander, TPhahlamohlaka, Letlibe J2014-04-292014-04-292013Turpin, M, Alexander, T and Phahlamohlaka, J. 2013. Assessing the contribution of information technology to socio-economic development: a case study from rural South Africa. Journal of Community Informatics, vol. 9(4), pp 1-161712-4441http://ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/979/1050http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7373Copyright: 2013 Journal of Community Informatics. Published in Journal of Community Informatics, vol. 9(4), pp 1-16This paper addresses the challenge of assessing an ICT for development (ICT4D) project’s contribution to the socio-economic development of the broader community where it is implemented. It argues for using a systems approach to deal with this challenge, since systems thinking is concerned with the performance of the total system. Systems thinking is seldom used in ICT4D, and is lacking in existing ICT4D impact assessment frameworks. In this paper, the authors apply a social systems framework in an ICT4D case study. The framework is used to describe and assess the contribution of the ICT4D project to the socio-economic development of the larger community. Since Community Informatics (CI) embraces a broad socio-technical systems view, the work is relevant to a CI audience.enICT for developmentSocio-economic developmentCommunity informaticsSocial systemsSystems thinkingStructuration theoryAutopoiesisArticleTurpin, M., Alexander, T., & Phahlamohlaka, L. J. (2013). Assessing the contribution of information technology to socio-economic development: a case study from rural South Africa. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7373Turpin, M, T Alexander, and Letlibe J Phahlamohlaka "Assessing the contribution of information technology to socio-economic development: a case study from rural South Africa." (2013) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7373Turpin M, Alexander T, Phahlamohlaka LJ. Assessing the contribution of information technology to socio-economic development: a case study from rural South Africa. 2013; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7373.TY - Article AU - Turpin, M AU - Alexander, T AU - Phahlamohlaka, Letlibe J AB - This paper addresses the challenge of assessing an ICT for development (ICT4D) project’s contribution to the socio-economic development of the broader community where it is implemented. It argues for using a systems approach to deal with this challenge, since systems thinking is concerned with the performance of the total system. Systems thinking is seldom used in ICT4D, and is lacking in existing ICT4D impact assessment frameworks. In this paper, the authors apply a social systems framework in an ICT4D case study. The framework is used to describe and assess the contribution of the ICT4D project to the socio-economic development of the larger community. Since Community Informatics (CI) embraces a broad socio-technical systems view, the work is relevant to a CI audience. DA - 2013 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - ICT for development KW - Socio-economic development KW - Community informatics KW - Social systems KW - Systems thinking KW - Structuration theory KW - Autopoiesis LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2013 SM - 1712-4441 T1 - Assessing the contribution of information technology to socio-economic development: a case study from rural South Africa TI - Assessing the contribution of information technology to socio-economic development: a case study from rural South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/7373 ER -