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- Radio and Development in Africa. A Concept Paper
- M. Myers / International Development Research Centre , 2008
- Radio is still the dominant mass-medium in Africa with the widest geographical reach and the highest audiences compared with television (TV), newspapers and other information and communication technol...
- Openness, Access, and Governance in Asian “Network Societies”: Developing an Open Governance Index
- A. Alegre / International Development Research Centre , 2011
- The objectives of the Open e-Governance Index project are to: a) to further understand democratic e-governance, particularly through developing the discourse of “Open E- Governance”; b) to...
- Local governance and ICTs in Africa: Case studies and guidelines for implementation and evaluation
- E. Waema;E.O. Adera / International Development Research Centre , 2011
- This volume provides information on and analyses of e-governance at the municipal and the local level in Africa, thereby opening up the possibility of further research on how new technologies can be u...
- Improving Farmer Adaptive Capacity by Integrating Local and Indigenous Knowledge in Climate Forecasting and Adaptive Response
- w. Ndegwa / International Development Research Centre , 2010
- Providing location-specific and easily understood climate forecasts can enhance farmers’ capacity to use climate forecasts to manage risk. The project ‘Managing risk, reducing vulnerability and enhanc...
- Strengthening Rural Livelihoods: The impact of information and communication technologies in Asia
- D. J. Grimshaw;S. Kala / International Development Research Centre , 2011
- The introduction to the book provides the reader with an overview of the six research projects within a research programme called ‘Knowledge Networking for Rural Development in Asia Pacifi c&rsq...
- Integrating meteorological and indigenous knowledge-based seasonal climate forecasts for the agricultural sector: lessons from participatory action research in sub-Saharan Africa
- G. Ziervogel (ed);A. Opere (ed) / International Development Research Centre , 2010
- This paper examines how meteorological seasonal climate forecasts (SCF) and indigenous knowledge-based seasonal forecasts (IKF) can complement each other to improve agricultural productivity in sub-Sa...
- ICTs and small-scale agriculture in Africa: A scoping study
- H. Munyua / International Development Research Centre , 2007
- This study aims to explore the opportunities presented by ICTs in small-scale agriculture including environment and natural resources management. It specifically sets out to answer a set of research q...
- ICTs and the global food price crisis
- J. H. Valk / International Development Research Centre , 2008
- This study identifies four linkages between ICTs and the global food price crisis, each representing a potential entry point for Acacia. The four entry points that this paper presents:...
- Institutional mapping for climate change adaptation in Eastern Africa
- E. Kituyi / International Development Research Centre , 2008
- Commissioned by IDRC and DFID in order to strengthen institutional engagement of the Climate Change Adaptation in Africa (CCAA) programme, this study maps out the various institutions working on cl...
- Institutional dynamics and climate change in the congo basin forests of Cameroon
- H. Brown;J. Nkem;D. Sonwa / International Development Research Centre , 2009
- The role of forest ecosystems in the global carbon cycle has gained more prominence with the world’s concern about a changing climate. This report analyses the response of the institutions of th...
