The opportunity costs are certainly higher in developing
countries because of the more limited availability of resources such as capital and skilled
manpower. This situation is best described (Heeks, 2000, p. 4) in the following words:
The failures keep developing countries on the wrong side of the digital divide, turning ICTs
into a technology of global inequality.
For these types of reasons, a failure in development of IS in developing country poses a
significantly important area of study. In countries like Pakistan, where domestic market
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and domestic IS demand has traditionally been very low, ISDP failures discourage further
demands and growth in IS industry. This scenario has established the need for studying ISDP
in Pakistan, especially the failed ones. We believe that there are more opportunities and
lessons for learning from failed IS projects, than there are from the successful IS projects.
We are not aware of an existing study that has reported on the extent of failed IS projects in
Pakistan.
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