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Bussell, Jennifer. "Evaluating a Development Panacea: The Politics of Information and Communication Technologies in Developing Countries" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Hilton Chicago and the Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, IL, Sep 02, 2004 <Not Available>. 2009-05-26 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p59673_index.html>

Bussell, J. , 2004-09-02 "Evaluating a Development Panacea: The Politics of Information and Communication Technologies in Developing Countries" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Hilton Chicago and the Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, IL Online <.PDF>. 2009-05-26 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p59673_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Review Method: Peer Reviewed Abstract: During the last decade information and communication technology (ICT) has been increasingly promoted as the new key to economic and social development. Nonetheless, the opportunities for development and the outcomes of ICT initiatives depend in large measure on the domestic policy frameworks which influence investment in these technologies. In this paper I argue that the character of domestic policies, specifically ICT regulation and investment policies, is in turn the result of an interaction of key international and domestic level factors. Through an evaluation of international regulation, international investment and international norms, on the one hand, and domestic institutions, political coalitions and public opinion on the other, I find that the character of domestic political institutions plays a particularly important role in producing unique policy outcomes at the national level. I use the cases of South Africa and India to demonstrate this interaction of variables and show that regulation is driven by international regulations and norms interacting with domestic political coalitions in centralized institutions. ICT investment, however, is more often shaped at the sub-national level, as decentralized political structures mediate between international forces and state or provincial actors. This analysis of the ways in which domestic and international factors interact to affect ICT outcomes in developing countries serves as a starting point for further investigation into the causes of policy variation across and within countries.

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