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Cost analysis of information technology projects in education: experiences from developing countries
Measuring and managing the costs of ICTs in Latin American schools
Authors:
M. Potashnik; D. Adkins
Publisher:
Education Section, Human Development Department, World Bank, 2003
This study aims to assist education policy makers and planners in analyzing the costs of programs to introduce and maintain information technologies in schools.
It focuses on:
- the instructional uses and inputs of information technology programs in the primary and secondary schools in Belize, Chile, Costa Rica, Jamaica and Mexico.
- key issues in cost analysis methodology used to calculate the costs, and assess the financial feasibility of proposed investments in information technology. It provides data, albeit, incomplete, on the costs of selected information technology programs.
- recommendations on how to reduce the costs and increase the benefits of proposed information technology programs
