A Synthesis of the Causes of ICT4D Projects’ Pilotitis: Prioritising the Remedies for the SDG2030 Agenda

Tania Prinsloo; Funmi Adebesin

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-50154-8_7

A Synthesis of the Causes of ICT4D Projects’ Pilotitis: Prioritising the Remedies for the SDG2030 Agenda

Tania Prinsloo
, Funmi Adebesin

University of Pretoria

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2 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Countries from low-and-medium income sectors have faced several long-standing challenges, including poverty, unemployment and an overburdened healthcare system. In many of these countries, pilot Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D) projects are typically implemented to help alleviate some of these challenges. However, many of these ICT4D projects have not had much success in being replicated in other contexts, a phenomenon that has earned the title of “pilotitis”. Several researchers in the ICT4D field have identified some of the causes of pilotitis, while others have offered solutions. However, despite inching closer to the 2030 deadline to accomplish the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, the challenge of pilotitis remains unresolved. In this paper, we present a synthesis of a systematic literature review of 25 research papers. The synthesis identified four broad causes of pilotitis and four broad areas of remedies to the “disease” that has plagued the ICT4D space for many years. The main contribution of the paper is the framework, “Pilotitis: Cause-Remedies Framework”, a tool that can be used to ensure that future ICT4D projects do not succumb to pilotitis and experience subsequent failures.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	After Latour
Subtitle of host publication	Globalisation, Inequity and Climate Change - IFIP WG 8.2 and WG 9.4 Joint Working Conference, IFIPJWC 2023, Proceedings
Editors	Matthew R. Jones, Arunima S. Mukherjee, Devinder Thapa, Yingqin Zheng
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages	63-77
Number of pages	15
ISBN (Print)	9783031501531
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-50154-8_7
Publication status	Published - 2023
Externally published	Yes
Event	IFIP WG 8.2 and WG 9.4 Joint Working Conference on After Latour: Globalisation, Inequity and Climate Change, IFIPJWC 2023 - Hyderabad, India Duration: 7 Dec 2023 → 8 Dec 2023

Publication series

Name	IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
Volume	696 AICT
ISSN (Print)	1868-4238
ISSN (Electronic)	1868-422X

Conference

Conference	IFIP WG 8.2 and WG 9.4 Joint Working Conference on After Latour: Globalisation, Inequity and Climate Change, IFIPJWC 2023
Country/Territory	India
City	Hyderabad
Period	7/12/23 → 8/12/23

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 1 No Poverty
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals

Keywords

Cause-remedies Framework
Pilotitis
Sustainable ICT4D Projects
Systematic Literature Review

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Information Systems and Management

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Prinsloo, T., & Adebesin, F. (2023). A Synthesis of the Causes of ICT4D Projects’ Pilotitis: Prioritising the Remedies for the SDG2030 Agenda. In M. R. Jones, A. S. Mukherjee, D. Thapa, & Y. Zheng (Eds.), After Latour: Globalisation, Inequity and Climate Change - IFIP WG 8.2 and WG 9.4 Joint Working Conference, IFIPJWC 2023, Proceedings (pp. 63-77). (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology; Vol. 696 AICT). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-50154-8_7

Prinsloo, Tania ; Adebesin, Funmi. / A Synthesis of the Causes of ICT4D Projects’ Pilotitis : Prioritising the Remedies for the SDG2030 Agenda. After Latour: Globalisation, Inequity and Climate Change - IFIP WG 8.2 and WG 9.4 Joint Working Conference, IFIPJWC 2023, Proceedings. editor / Matthew R. Jones ; Arunima S. Mukherjee ; Devinder Thapa ; Yingqin Zheng. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2023. pp. 63-77 (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology).

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Prinsloo, T & Adebesin, F 2023, A Synthesis of the Causes of ICT4D Projects’ Pilotitis: Prioritising the Remedies for the SDG2030 Agenda. in MR Jones, AS Mukherjee, D Thapa & Y Zheng (eds), After Latour: Globalisation, Inequity and Climate Change - IFIP WG 8.2 and WG 9.4 Joint Working Conference, IFIPJWC 2023, Proceedings. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol. 696 AICT, Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, pp. 63-77, IFIP WG 8.2 and WG 9.4 Joint Working Conference on After Latour: Globalisation, Inequity and Climate Change, IFIPJWC 2023, Hyderabad, India, 7/12/23. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-50154-8_7

A Synthesis of the Causes of ICT4D Projects’ Pilotitis: Prioritising the Remedies for the SDG2030 Agenda. / Prinsloo, Tania; Adebesin, Funmi.
After Latour: Globalisation, Inequity and Climate Change - IFIP WG 8.2 and WG 9.4 Joint Working Conference, IFIPJWC 2023, Proceedings. ed. / Matthew R. Jones; Arunima S. Mukherjee; Devinder Thapa; Yingqin Zheng. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2023. p. 63-77 (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology; Vol. 696 AICT).

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Prinsloo T, Adebesin F. A Synthesis of the Causes of ICT4D Projects’ Pilotitis: Prioritising the Remedies for the SDG2030 Agenda. In Jones MR, Mukherjee AS, Thapa D, Zheng Y, editors, After Latour: Globalisation, Inequity and Climate Change - IFIP WG 8.2 and WG 9.4 Joint Working Conference, IFIPJWC 2023, Proceedings. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. 2023. p. 63-77. (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology). doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-50154-8_7

A Synthesis of the Causes of ICT4D Projects’ Pilotitis: Prioritising the Remedies for the SDG2030 Agenda

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