Society, Science, Technology and Innovation

The Role of ICT in Development & Recycling Technology

Proposal of Recycling Technology in the aspect of redistributing of used computers and ICT equipments for international balanced development

By: Khinh Sony Lee Ngo


Paper prepare for the conference on Education and 
Capacity Building in Information Society Copenhagen of 21 August 2003, DK.

Introduction an overview of the project:

Development and underdevelopment in the age of globalisation is one of the most conscious debates in our time. Social conscience and social capital theory is an exciting new topic that broadens our thinking concept on development and offers many fresh policy insights. Yet perhaps an inexpensive yet effective solution to our problem of imbalanced development is to carry out a initiative innovative approach for recycling of waste technology materials, which, in practice is focus on the recycling of Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs), in particularly in the aspect to redistribute of used computer equipment in a bid to help bridge the digital divide between developed and developing countries, from which especially emphasis on the theories of development in strategy and practice in terms of human capital for sustainable human development.

Thus, the project proposal is to stress the need for adapting and changing our views on development. Importance is attached by formulating possibilities of change the old way of thinking in the development policy, which, by carry out a more pragmatic approach and concrete plan ahead on actions in order to tackling the North-South divide in term of wealth and the wellbeing, by embrace on the conception and possibilities of recycling of used of technology and ICTs device in the consequences for challenging the safety of nature and society of production and consumption in relation to the environment and development, hence, it put forward the ideas in a holistic perspective and theories of development in strategy and practice of rights in which, ultimate objective is to achieve global economically, environmentally and socially sustainable alternatives.

The implications of Technology:

Problem of international development is not just about the gap in technology development between countries, but the fundamental concern is to address the need for the availability of technology and the accesses to use it technology resources, particularly of ICTs in infrastructure of a based society. In this crucial aspect in human development, the gap is increasingly wide between developed and developing societies. Comparatively, the Third World countries has been left far behind the First World, and because of the fact that, primitive and low level of their infrastructure in technology and in particularly, the lack of access to ICTs, its has led the way to poverty whilst industrial were stricken down and following are the result of decades of low economic performances and thus reducing and scarcity the pace of technological innovation, hence, further fall into the trap of underdevelopment.

Technology change for economic development and poverty-alleviation:

Technological change is often linked to the development of ICTs. Not merely that ICT is of vital important part, but the role of ICT is of crucial importance which cannot be neglected, in fact, it is a precondition for the development of new technology and the dissemination of information, idea and knowledge.

Innovation and the conditions for innovation are pivotal factors in the development of production, including low and intermediate technology production and utilisation of resources. The relationship between innovation systems and learning processes through or by implement ICT development is a crucial aspect in economic development. Thus, ICT technological transfers from developed to less developed countries and the ties of closer co-operation between less developed economies with developed economies are the essential means to achieve these goals.

Development strategy and practice in terms of human capital for sustainable human development:

In the societies of the Third World, most areas of high population density, however, there are great scarcity of technology resources, particularly, access to ICTs resources. The lack of access to ICTs in the third world simply because the lack of availability of suitable ICTs in infrastructure which should be provided in most public areas and sectors of the economy, for example such as in schools, universities, health centres, learning centres, libraries, urban industrial and rural agricultural production, etc.,  

On the contrary, as in the First world societies, the population learning to use their ICT equipments in the speed of change within the ICTs industries. And at that time of nearly two decades or so since the middle of 1980s to now, there were growing at breakneck speed on changing the ICTs speed and models, as a result, many used computers now have been seen as rubbish near the highways and many public places. Yet these used computers would be of great assets to the hands of third world’s population.

Redistribution of ICTs resources within societies:

By collecting of used computers in First World countries, and hence, with the maintenance of a technician team associated with the support of either local government or central government of the concern countries, who plays an important part in the battle against poverty for the third world by contribute their work in repairs and in consulting works and by implement their appropriate policy in response to the need in development.

Now then the final task is to supply these computers as aid to Third World countries, but not yet finish the task, because there is a tendency need of certain personnel of the expertise team who would also to follow with their ICTs machines for providing assistances for people in the third world, and because aid should also be careful planning in order to make sure that this aid associated with other aids can laid the foundations for the nation’s economic recovery and poverty eradication incentives. Furthermore, the team’s expertise also need to teaching a short course which aim to gives students of a community where the ICT project is carry out, so that the team will provided a solid foundation in the basics of computing to its people of the concern community. Yet only then, these used computers would serve as a new asset help to boost up and speed on development of third world societies, in particularly, among other, this aid is aim to enrich the ICT infrastructure of the poor and remote villages, schools, health centres, local government and communities. Thus, among other aid, this aid process in supply of ICTs used equipments would provide the fundamental foundation base and necessary tools on the Education and Capacity building of a poor based society, and, with the realization of implement of these used computers for widely have access, it would have the effect onto widely dissemination of idea and knowledge. With the ICT tools, its potential for improving the quality and standards of education process is significant which, eventually effect on in bringing its population out of the vicious cycle of poverty. Last but not least, with a large population have the access to the worldwide web, the pivotal and fundamental effect of the result is the formation of a new democracy base, this base incorporate into the spreading of a global concrete floor of democracy, and hence, with the dynamic transparency of the globalisation processes, it would pull them to participating for the integration of a global society. 

And for the first world, it success to delivery of these used computers in a bid to help bridge the gap in digital divide between the third world, is just merely to address the safe environment for improving the global quality of life as a whole, but also the real prospect is to adds a wider perspective on the recycling alternative to international economic environment from which, holistic approach fundamentally emphasis on the hearts of social conscience and the will to pursue of global sustainable development.

 

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