I agree. The author goes on to say in his article on ICT 4 D academics: 'Using that broader “development informatics” definition, we can easily be looking at 1,000 English-language journal articles per year and over 1,000 other English-language public domain written outputs. On that basis, “several hundred academics and several thousand PhD researchers” still looks OK to me." Based purely on my years spent in the field of 'development informatics', I think this is mostly correct and reflects the rapid growth in ICT in developing countries. Second, considering the trends in mobile computing this is not surprising. In many places the telecom industry is one of the few bright spots in the economy, which tends to have a very magnetic effect on student interest. (not surprising) - James On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 8:33 AM, Yaw Anokwa <yanokwa@gmail.com> wrote:
Richard Heeks asks and answers an important question “How big is the ICT4D research field?” Any thoughts on his numbers?
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