Into the future: themes, insights, and agendas for information and communication technologies for development. Selected articles from IFIP 9.4 2013

This Special Issue of ITID contains a selection of articles from the IFIP 9.4 2013 International Conference on the Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries, held in Jamaica May 19–22, 2013. This biennial conference took place in collaboration with the University of the West Indies at Mona and ICT4D Jamaica. It was the 12th conference held by IFIP 9.4, previous conferences having most recently been held in Nepal (2011), Dubai (2009), Brazil (2007), and Nigeria (2005). The theme of the 2013 conference was “Into the Future: Themes, Insights and Agendas for ICT4D Research and Practice.” The academic program comprised more than 80 research articles, and nearly 200 participants were registered