Traditional aid to developing countries has focused on fighting poverty, building infrastructure, protecting the environment, and strengthening democratic institutions including human rights. This formula has served development organisations well in the past, but going forward it may not be adequate to support the rapidly changing technological needs of developing countries. Citizens access to information, privacy, and freedom of expression are fundamentally at risk without adequate information security protections. The view of the populations in developing countries being technologically illiterate is now obsolete, says the author.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2878566/re-thinking-development-aid-in-the-digital-age.html