[TimorLesteStudies] Article for the list

Abel Pires da Silva lybel_2000 at yahoo.com
Mon Apr 22 23:22:24 EST 2013


Hi Bu,
Just want to share my conference paper to the members of the list. This paper will be presented at the 21st European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS) (https://sites.google.com/site/ecis2013nl/) which will be held in Utrecht, the Netherlands in June 2013. The paper will be available shortly after the conference at the Association for Information Systems (AIS) website (http://start.aisnet.org/).

Paper title: BEYOND FREE LUNCH: BUILDING SUSTAINABLE ICT4D

Authors: 

Abel da Silva, The Australian National University, Research School of Accounting and
Business Information Systems, Hanna Neumann Building 21, Canberra ACT 0200,
Australia, abel.dasilva at anu.edu.au


Walter Fernandez, The Australian National University, Research School of Accounting and
Business Information Systems, Hanna Neumann Building 21, Canberra ACT 0200,
Australia, walter.fernandez at anu.edu.au


Abstract
In developing countries, the realised benefits from information and communication technologies (ICT)
projects can contribute to the development of national institutions and economic growth, and thus to
human development. Yet, achieving these promised benefits is hindered by high project failure rates
and by systems that become unsustainable after deployment. Based on rich data from an exploratory
case study of a major E-government project in Timor-Leste, this paper presents important lessons for
the planning and execution of large ICT projects in developing countries. The paper identifies and
discusses strategies relevant to the implementation of E-government systems that contribute to
achieving the delivery of sustainable ICT solutions in socially and technically challenging
environments. Achieving sustainability is presented as a social-technical process that enables the
effective delivery of the system and the maximisation of the technological and social outcomes. These
findings are significant as they increase our understanding of critical contextual and managerial
considerations needed to deliver sustainable information systems in developing countries, an area that
is lacking on research.

Keywords: ICT4D, E-government, ICT in Least Developed Countries, Case Study.

Regards,
Abel

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PhD Candidate,
Research School of Accounting and Business Information Systems (RSABIS)
College of Business and Economics (CBE)
Australian National University (ANU), Canberra.
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