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n this position paper we are trying to formulate a critique of the current practices in ICTs related development assistance. We are arguing that modernization theoretical approaches still serve as an ideological basis for most development activities taken out by industrialised countries. In our opinion, modernization theories are used to legitimise modern imperialism through which a global capitalistic system should be established. In the next section we will give a brief overview on modernization theory. This is followed by a description of the ways ICTs currently are tried to be implemented in the developing world. We will end with some concluding thoughts.

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Position Paper Number 2 for the Workshop “Towards Criteria of Sustainability and Social Meaningfulness in Development“: Critical Reflections on Modernization Theoretical Thinking and its Implications for ICTs in Development