2026_ITD_CFP_Telecommunications and Financial Market Development.pdf

Digital Inclusion for Whom? Investigating the Role of Digital Capability in Income Growth and...

In the era of accelerating digital transformation, digital capability is increasingly recognized as a critical determinant of household economic outcomes. Yet whether digitalization promotes inclus...

Governing Digitalization in Humanitarian Organizations: An Exploratory Case Study of Médecins Sans...

Humanitarian organizations face an increasing number of crises worldwide while working with tight budgets. As demand for efficient operations rises, digitalization offers significant potential to...

Does ICT Simultaneously have Nonlinear and Asymmetric Effects on Income Disparity?

While numerous studies have explored the link between information and communication technologies (ICT) and income inequality, most have concentrated on average effects, neglecting the nonlinear and...

Factors Influencing e-Government Use in Vietnam: The Moderating Roles of Education and Income

Despite the progress and increased efforts by the Vietnamese government, the adoption of e-government systems still faces significant challenges. This study aims to identify the external variables...

Technology Information and Adoption of Digital Market Platforms: Experimental Evidence on Livestock...

This study investigates the impact of providing technology-benefiting information on the uptake and perceived effectiveness of a digital market information platform among smallholder farmers. We...

Is e-Government Development Associated with Gender Inequality Reduction at the National Level? A...

Despite continuous efforts through various policy interventions, gender inequality remains a significant concern for governments globally. As they increasingly adopt information and communication...

Preparing for a Change in Global Workspace Culture —Impact Evaluation of Soft Skills Training for...

In low- and middle-income countries, information and communication technology (ICT) professionals with soft skills have been recognized as potential leaders for economic growth, and professional...

Fintech Trust in Developing Countries

What has led to the rapid rise of fintech in developing countries? In developing countries (EMDEs (emerging markets and developing economies), hereafter), does fintech signal the emergence of...

The ‘Intermittent Shift’ and ‘Digital Ceiling’: Limits to Women’s Empowerment in the Platform...

The platform economy has been promoted by development institutions as an empowerment pathway for women, based on the assumption that it enables women to participate in the labor market while sustai...

Weaving Digital Innovation Across China’s Cities: A Multilayer Framework and Network Dynamics of...

Digital innovation drives sustainable development, yet its potential to reduce spatial inequalities depends on how cities connect within innovation networks. Whilst intercity collaboration is...

Levels of Necessity of Digital Readiness and Democracy for Economic Performance, Quality of Life...

This study contributes to ongoing debates in the field of information and communication technology for development (ICT4D) by analyzing the extent to which different pillars of digital readiness...

Bridging the Digital Divide: The Role of Patriarchy in Shaping Women's Access in Northern Pakistan

While the promotion of digital technologies for inclusion and empowerment is often presented as gender-neutral, the persistent feminisation of the digital divide in many patriarchal contexts suggests...

Leveraging Digital Health Platforms to Promote Rural Digital Health Service Innovation: The Role of...

Digital platforms are widely used to facilitate health service innovation, particularly in rural areas, yet their success is impeded by knowledge boundaries among different stakeholders. Prior...

Bridging Trust Barriers for Equitable Digital Healthcare Platforms: Lessons from Tanzania

Digital healthcare platforms have the potential to advance healthcare equity in developing countries; however, their adoption remains hindered by institutional voids that erode trust. Grounded in the...

Digitalization as a Driver of Financial Development in Latin America: The Mediating Roles of...

This study investigates how digitalization is reshaping financial development in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), a region where persistent challenges, including macroeconomic volatility,...

Internet Use in the Relationship Between Reciprocal Relationships with Village Cadres and the Local...

The rapid digitization of rural China prompts a key question: how do the applications of information and communication technologies (ICTs) reshape the economic role of traditional social ties? This...

Rural Information-Integrated Platforms and Smallholders’ Acquisition of Formal Productive Credit: A...

Rural information-integrated platforms (RIIPs) represent a crucial innovation in the field of information and communications technology for development (ICT4D). Grounded in resource dependence...

The Digital-physical Disconnect in Digital ID: A Case of Aadhaar-based Authentication Failures Due...

Digital identification systems promise enhanced governance, yet authentication failure remains a persistent policy concern. This paper examines authentication failures in India's Aadhaar system as a...