@inbook {miscione2008freeproperties, title = {Free and Open Source Software in low-income countries: Emergent properties?}, volume = {282}, year = {2008}, month = {Sep}, pages = {351{\textendash}355}, abstract = {Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) is becoming an increasingly important element in strategies for development and implementation of information and communication technologies (ICT) in low-income countries (LICs). Such initiatives often have strong public sector orientation, as government ICT policies are expected to shape and support further socio-economical development. The usual mismatch between bureaucracies and trajectories of development initiatives (mostly run by international agencies) provides a promising field for empirical research. {\textcopyright} 2008 International Federation for Information Processing.}, isbn = {9780387848211}, issn = {1571-5736}, doi = {10.1007/978-0-387-84822-8_24}, author = {Miscione, G and Gordon, D and Johnston, K} }