Chapter: 'An Analysis of Accountability Concepts for Open Development' from book: Information and Communication Technologies for Development: 14th IFIP WG 9.4 International Conference on Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries, ICT4D 2017, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, May 22-24, 2017, Proceedings

• Main Author: Caitlin Bentley (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Nature 2018
• Series: IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
• Subjects: Information technology industries; open development; accountability; ICT4D
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Open development is the public, networked sharing of communication and information resources towards a process of positive social transformation. Open development likewise imposes a challenge, because new actors, practices and problems of inequality are introduced. Accountability at its core is mean...