Digital Development Debates is published by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH. Each issue focuses on a prevailing topic from the development policy sector. Our authors – all experts from their respective fields – explore different facets of this central topic in their contributions. Digital Development Debates takes a two-tiered approach: We offer short journalistic articles aimed at interested laypeople, and more in-depth technical articles that provide well-founded and detailed information.
Digital Development Debates features this week a short essay from the Foundation looking at the use of ICTs in crisis response, peace-keeping, conflict resolution and state-building.
Eschewing the hype and inaccurate claims often made around the use of ICTs in crisismapping and humanitarian relief today, our short article flags serious questions around emergent policies, practices and thinking in the use of new online and mobile technologies for relief and aid work.