Uganda and ICTs for development
- Capital:
Kampala - Population:
33398682 - Size:
236040.0 Km2
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- The potential of mobile phones in improving global health
- The Economist, 2009
- This special report on health care and technology, published by The Economist, describes how developing countries are using mobile phones to provides personalised medicine. Drawing from experiences of various countries, the authors de...
- The contribution of ICT to development and poverty reduction
- C. O’Farrell / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2003
- This report looks at the ways in which ICTs can contribute to development and poverty reduction. It explicitly reviews and builds upon research conducted by the FAO in 2001, which sought to document the uptake and impact of ICTs in sm...
- Understanding the interaction between ICTs and local governance in Africa
- G Misuraca / International Development Research Centre, 2007
- This book presents the context, theory and current thinking on the interaction betweeen ICTs and local governance, particularly in Africa. It discusses the shift from ‘government’ to ‘e-governance,’ describes t...
- The effect of increased education on employment for Kenyan women
- Rosemary Atieno; Francis Teal / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
- Creation of wage jobs has not kept up with rapid growth in the workforce in sub-Saharan Africa. In Kenya, since the 1990s employment has become dominated by the informal sector, particularly for women. How has this affected the gender...
- The digital divide: a review of ICTs in Africa, Asia and Latin America
- R. Bissio; W. Curry; A. Esterhuysen / Global Information Society Watch, 2007
- The Global Information Society Watch 2007 report - the first in a series of annual reports- looks at state of the field of information and communication technology (ICT) policy at local and global levels and particularly how policy im...
- Gender equality in higher education in low-income countries
- Louise Morley / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
- Research into gender equality in higher education in low-income countries has shown some astonishing patterns. These include wide-scale sexual harassment and gender violence, barriers to access, and women staff being excluded from pro...
- Lessons from World Links Programme
- R.J. Hawkins / Center for International Development, Harvard University, 2002
- In 1997, the World Bank initiated the World Links programme (www.worldbank.org/world links) in response to developing countries’ demand for strategies to prepare their youth to compete in a world increasingly driven by informatio...
- Evaluation of Schoolnet prgrammes in Africa
- T. James / International Development Research Centre, 2004
- This report evaluates Schoolnet programs in a number of African countries. If finds that the projects have ranged from being limited in their achievements to those that can be regarded as very successful. Connectivity is still ...
- Distance and open learning for non-formal education (NFE): African case studies
- R. Siaciwena / Commonwealth of Learning, 2000
- This research report contains case studies of distance and open learning for non-formal education (NFE) from Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. It aims to provide a detailed record of the different approaches used, and to pre...
- How can universities challenge gender discrimination?
- Louise Morley; Chandra Gunawardena; Joy Kwesiga / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006
- In developing country universities women staff are under-represented in senior teaching and management positions. Enrolment of female undergraduates is increasing but far too few are studying science and technology subjects. Research ...
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