Date: October 23rd 2009

In yesterday's Technology Salon, we had an intense debate on ICT4D sustainability and scale. After an hour of lively discussion around what both mean to information and communication technology programs, we were just starting to pull back the layers around the topics.

We quickly found that there were many definitions of sustainability and scale. Maybe too many, as these terms differed wildly across implementers and donors. And, as you can see in the comments to the meeting synopsis, there is the strong opinion that development has an unbroken string of failures in ICT4D, since none of the projects have scaled to the extent of mobile phones.

So check out our thoughts and add your opinion:

ICT4D Sustainability: Relative to Observer, Absolute for Scale http://technologysalon.org/2009/10/sustainability-absolute-for-scale.html

Also, if you are participating in the upcoming mHealth Summit next week, be sure to RSVP for the grassroots Tweet-Up on Thursday evening: http://mhs09.eventbrite.com I'm expecting it will be a Technology Salon on a grand scale.

Thanks,
Wayan
http://twitter.com/wayan_vota

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