1. ICT for Sustainable
Development
Oleksandr Semenyuta
NTUU “KPI”

2. Topics
1. Roles of ICT for SD
2. Generalized Model of ICT
3. Thematic groups of Questions
4. Challenges
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3. Basic Sources
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Carnegie-Melon University Harvard University

4. ICT: Definition
ICT covers any product that will
store, retrieve, manipulate, transmit or receive information
electronically in a digital form
• traditional computer-based technologies
• digital communication technologies
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5. ICT: Main Features
• reduce transaction costs and thereby
improve productivity;
• offer immediate connectivity –
voice, data, visual – improving
efficiency, transparency, and
accuracy;
• substitute for other, more expensive
means of communicating and
transacting, such as physical travel;
• increase choice in the marketplace and provide access to
otherwise unavailable goods and services;
• widen the geographic scope of potential markets, and
channel knowledge and information of all kinds. 5

6. Positive Impact
Significant, positive impact on GDP from
information
technology, telecommunications, and
mobile telecommunications investment, in
both developed and developing countries
World Bank:
(in developing countries) firms using ICT
see faster sales growth, higher
productivity and faster employment 6
growth

7. Eliminating Critical Obstacles
Lack of
Geographic competition and
isolation high prices for
consumers
Lack of
information and
Legal exclusion
low prices for
producers
Political voice Social capital 7

8. The Millennium Development
Goals (MDGs)
• Goal 1: Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
• Goal 2: Achieve universal primary education
• Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower women
• Goal 4: Reduce child mortality rates
• Goal 5: Improve maternal health
• Goal 6: Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases
• Goal 7: Ensure environmental sustainability
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• Goal 8: Develop a global partnership for development

9. Generalized Model of ICT
Sensors (S)
Communication (C)
Databases/Information Systems
(DB/IS)
Human-Computer Interaction
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(HCI)

10. Example
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11. Thematic Groups
• Infrastructure development.
• Energy.
• Water.
• Transportation.
• Basic human needs and development.
• Food.
• Healthcare.
• Drinking water.
• Primary education.
• Economic growth and poverty reduction.
• Agriculture growth.
• Higher education.
• Job creation.
• e-Commerce.
• Alienation, empowerment and governance.
• National and international inclusiveness.
• Democracy. 11
• e-Governance.

12. Infrastructure
Thematic Area Development Need Key Recommended Research Primary
ICT
Mappin
g
Water Better models and Low-cost sensors; GIS models, data S, C,
assessment of dissemination solutions, and DB/IS,
supply and quality integration into user frameworks HCI
Energy Improve Tamper-proof digital electricity S, C,
measurement, meters with control and DB/IS,
theft-control, and communications, with integration CTRL
control (including into efficient end-use appliances
demand-side for load control
management)
Transportation Optimization of Integration of sensors, GIS, GPS, S, C,
public and private and other technologies. DB/IS, 12
transport along with HCI
enhanced safety

13. Basic Human Development
Thematic Development Need Key Recommended Research Primary
Area ICT
Mapping
Food and Optimize input to the soil Sensors and Information Systems S, C,
Agriculture and improve productivity. for optimizing irrigation, DB/IS,
Improve farmer’s stake in fertilizers, pesticides, etc. CTRL, HCI
the supply chain Developing accessible and
affordable solutions for access to
market, weather and other
information
Healthcare Improve delivery of ICT solutions integrated with C, DB/IS,
healthcare services; make existing systems; develop easy-to- HCI
systems more use and robust interfaces and
participatory platforms
Education Improve literacy and Easy-to-use and scalable C, DB/IS,
student skills; meet solutions for education; HCI 13
varying needs of different customized content and delivery
levels of students systems, with feedback

14. Economic Growth and
Employment
Thematic Development Need Key Recommended Research Primary
Area ICT
Mapping
ICT-based Improve awareness and Easy-to-use and scalable solutions C, DB/IS,
and ICT- skills in ICT; integrate ICT for education; (open) easy-to- HCI
enabled into economic activity, implement standards for ICT
job create solutions for low- integration; secure, flexible and
creation cost money transfer, inexpensive systems to manage
and (micro)credit, and risk and move money
poverty management
reduction
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15. Alienation, Empowerment and
e-Governance
Thematic Area Development Need Key Recommended Research Primary
ICT
Mapping
Alienation Easier sharing of Solutions that make it easy to C, DB/IS,
issues and information (within create, monitor, search, and apply HCI
empowerment; norms of privacy information, while maintaining
e-Governance and individual end-user privacy and control
control)
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16. Challenges
• Hardware and software costs
• Connectivity costs.
• Robustness.
• Content
• Usability and interface
• Security.
• Internet control, architecture and addressing.
• Energy and power
• Digital information and broadcasting
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17. Sources (1)
ICT for SD: Defining a Global Research Agenda (PDF)
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~rtongia/ICT4SD_Full_Book.pdf
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Information technology tools for sustainable development - B. Kestemont and
W. Hecq
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18. Sources (2)
IBM SD
http://www.ibm.com/smarterplanet/us/en/events/sustainable_development/
12jan2010/?ca=v_sustainabledevelopment
Sustainable Competitive Advantage through Information Technology
Competence: Resource-Based View on Small and Medium Enterprises
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Information and communication technologies for development
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_and_communication_technologies_f
or_development
Business models for sustainable development
http://www.iied.org/sustainable-markets/key-issues/energy/business-models-
for-sustainable-development
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