Template-type: ReDif-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Nour S. 
Author-workplace-name: UNU-MERIT
Title: The impact of ICT in public and private universities in Sudan
Abstract: This paper examines the impacts of ICT in public and private Sudanese  universities. We verify the first and third hypotheses that the use of  ICT facilitates connection, networks and collaboration within public and  private universities in Sudan, with local, regional and international  institutions. We support the second hypothesis that the use of ICT  enhances access, production and dissemination of knowledge in Sudanese  universities. We support the fourth hypothesis that the use of ICT  introduces a creative-destruction effect by providing opportunities  for knowledge production, building connection and organizational  changes; but simultaneously also creates hazards to knowledge production  and building disconnection for those who do not share the knowledge in  public and private Sudanese universities. We show that the most  important advantages linked to using the Internet for enhancing  production, creation and transfer of knowledge include the increase of  digital knowledge for academic and researchers, the rapid quantitative  and qualitative increase in transferring information, the development of  new models for disseminating and distributing electronic information,  and the increase of free access to electronic publications for academic  purposes. We find that the main problem related to using the Internet is  the lack of a regular budget for university libraries to pay for  licenses and access to scientific and technical information.     Key words ICT; ICT demand; ICT impacts; public-private universities;  knowledge; Sudan
Keywords: Economic Development: General; Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development; Technological Change; Research and Development; Intellectual Property Rights: General; 
Classification-JEL: O10; O12; O30; .
Series:  Working Papers
Creation-Date: 2014
Number: 018
File-URL: http://pub.maastrichtuniversity.nl/33a10d73-9a49-4ea1-bf27-f352fca08995
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Handle: RePEc:unm:unumer:2014018