The Electronic Journal on Information Systems in Developing Countries (EJISDC) strives to become the foremost international forum for practitioners, teachers, researchers and policy makers to share their knowledge and experience in the design, development, implementation, management and evaluation of information systems and technologies in developing countries.

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit their manuscripts to the editors for publication in EJISDC. Research papers are peer-reviewed. Other forms of submission are also welcome, such as position papers, commentaries and book reviews.

The Journal will focus on information technologies and practices relevant in the context concerned rather than on any accepted norms that might be prevalent in developed countries. In acknowledging that the digital divide is not defined by national borders alone, EJISDC is also interested in issues surrounding information systems among less privileged indigenous communities within otherwise developed countries. Examples are Native Americans, the aboriginal populations of Australia and the Maoris of New Zealand.

Topics of interest are as wide and diverse as the audience that we address. However, certain issues relating to ICTs in developing countries sit at the forefront of system planning and development activities and contributions relating to these are especially sought as it believed that they will have an immediate interest among a wide audience. Such topics are:

Internet usage
Diffusing access
Internet Service Provider management issues
Maximising the use of limited resources
Adapting technologies to local conditions
Evolution of the Internet
Internet policies and regulations 
National internet policies

IT in Development Practice
Technology transfer in Development practice
Sustainability in Development applications
Measuring the social value of IT
Impacts of Telecentres
Understanding the relationship between IT spending and benefits
Societal implications of IT implementation
Implementation success/failure factors
Coping with resistance to change
Y2K issues for developing countries

Policies for IT
Policy making processes for IT in the developing world
IT to support policy decision-making
National policy analyses
National policy comparisons
Role of the Government
Co-operation between Government and Private Sector

Research Practice in IT in Development
Theory building for IT in Development
Bibliographic analyses of IT issues in Development
Research relevance and impacts
Methodologies for IT research in Development; action research, ethnography, phenomenological and interpretative approaches

Applications of IT in Rural Areas
Spreading telecommunications to rural and remote communities
Supporting rural economies
Managing Telecentres
Health care delivery in rural and remote areas
Distance education for rural learning
Supporting rural commerce electronically
Electronic governance for rural communities

Education in IT
Issues in teaching computing in developing countries
Computer literacy for development
Curriculum development for IT
Distance learning and remote education
Organisational capacity building

Cultural Aspects of IT in Developing Countries
Cross-cultural analyses
Cultural dimensions of IT implementations
Cultural adaptation to IT
Cultural barriers to IT diffusion
Cultural implications of IT

Manuscripts are invited covering research, case studies or commentaries on the above topics, or an any other topic considered relevant to the Journal's theme. Comparative analyses between the developed and developing world are encouraged. Send your submissions to any of the editors. Please also explain in a covering letter why you believe your submission is appropriate for the journal, and how it will be valuable reading for the journal's readers.

Mauscripts will only be accepted electronically. They should be sent as files attached to an email to the Editor-in-Chief, Robert Davison, at: isrobert@cityu.edu.hk

The journal's web site may be found at: http://www.is.cityu.edu.hk/ejisdc/ejisdc.htm