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In this paper the authors investigate the Pakistani civil society sector to analyze the involvement of technology in their work settings. The findings suggest that lack of technological and financial resources hinder voluntary organizations in this region to adopt innovative technological solutions, so there is need for supporting the appropriation of technology in this sector. On the basis of the authors\u2019 findings they propose a research plan to follow for the uplift of Pakistani NGOs and their use of ICTs. This research framework can be extended to NGO sectors of other parts of the world in an effort to generalize the findings worldwide to better support the technology needs of this community.<\/p>","DOI":"10.4018\/jabim.2012040103","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2012,5,16]],"date-time":"2012-05-16T14:02:42Z","timestamp":1337176962000},"page":"23-35","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Civil Society Organizations in Knowledge Society"],"prefix":"10.4018","volume":"3","author":[{"given":"Saqib","family":"Saeed","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Saudi Arabia"}]},{"given":"Markus","family":"Rohde","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Siegen, Germany"}]},{"given":"Volker","family":"Wulf","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Siegen, Germany"}]}],"member":"2432","reference":[{"key":"jabim.2012040103-0","unstructured":"Asian Development Bank (ADB). (1999). 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