Drawing from Development: Towards Unifying Theory and Practice of ICT4D 1 This article was published online on 08 October 2012. An error was subsequently identified in Section 5 ‐ The Nexus of Theory & Practice: Towards a Unified Framework of ICT4D and Table 3. This notice is included in the online and print versions to indicate that they have been corrected [04 December 2012]

Within the literature, many authors have argued that the rapid growth of the field of Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D) has resulted in an emphasis on the applications rather than on theory. However, it is clear that it is not theories, rather the integration of theory and practice, that is often lacking. To address this gap, the authors begin by exploring some of the popular theoretical approaches to ICT4D with a view to identifying those theories relevant to shared impacts: development, delivery and communication. To unify practice and theory, we offer a framework to directly assess the impact of ICT4D on development. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley u0026 Sons, Ltd.