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HCC
City
Pretoria
Country
South Africa
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Abstract

<P><SPAN class=normalblue1><FONT color=#000000>National, regional and international policy plays a major role in the advancement of ICT in various sectors and the shaping ICT&#8211;mediated socio&#8211;economic practice&#046; Moreover, it provides mechanisms for addressing potentially undesirable effects of ICT innovation and influences ethical conduct in modern society&#046; This conference is intended to explore the theoretical justification of policy action concerning ICT and socio&#8211;economic change and to discuss particular policies through which various institutions of contemporary governance have sought to promote ICT, to achieve specific socio&#8211;economic changes, or to address undesirable effects of ICT diffusion in contemporary society&#046; </FONT></SPAN></P> <P><SPAN class=normalblue1></SPAN><STRONG>Keywords:</STRONG></P> <P><FONT color=#000000>A&#046; Theoretical papers on policy action regarding ICT and socio&#8211;economic change</FONT></P> <P><FONT color=#000000>B&#046; Analyses of the social consequences of specific areas of ICT policy</FONT></P> <P><FONT color=#000000>C&#046; Assessment of specific cases of ICT&#8211;related policy</FONT></P>