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19 The 4Cs of ICT: Computing, Connectivity, Content, and (human) Capacity Together, ICT is roughly of the world s GDP ICT is more than computers and telephony ICT is embedded in virtually all industrial, commercial, and services systems ICT is a fundamental part of economic growth, especially for the so-termed knowledge economy 2 Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Overview The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) estimates the worldwide ICT market in 2002 was almost $ trillion, which they segmented as Telecom Services (39%), Software and Services (31%), and Hardware (30%). This comes to nearly of the Gross World Product. Surprisingly, in developing countries, ICT s share in GDP is not low. ICT can be considered to be built on the 4 C s Computing, Communications , Content, and (the often overlooked) human Capacity. The recent World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) focused extensively on 3 Cs, Communications , content, and capacity building, and less so on computers.

20 ICT for Sustainable Development: Defining a Global Research Agenda ICT.3 While the growth rates of ICT even in developing countries are impressive, the base upon which these apply is very low. John Daly, in a series of articles,4 discusses point by point how ICT can work to meet the eight goals identified with the 18 targets set by the MDGs.

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