ICTs for development
- The Economics of ICTs and Global Inequality: Convergence or Divergence for Developing Countries?
- R. Heeks / Institute for Development Policy and Management, Manchester, 2002
- This paper tests some of these bold claims by focusing on the issue of inequality – of convergence and divergence – between nations; specifically between industrialised OECD countries and developing c...
- ICT initiatives, women and work in developing countries: reinforcing or changing gender inequalities in south india?
- S. Arun;R. Heeks;S. Morgan / Institute for Development Policy and Management, Manchester, 2004
- This paper argues that ICTs as a form of new technology are socially deterministic, with varied implications for women in terms of employment and empowerment dependent on the context within which the ...
- The internet and mobile telephony: implications for women's development and empowerment in Zambia
- K Wakunuma / Institute for Development Policy and Management, Manchester, 2006
- This presentation of the author’s research concentrates on two ICTs, the internet and mobile phones, to discuss social and economic development as well as empowerment aspects or lack therefore r...
- Impact assessment of ICT-for-development projects: a compendium of approaches
- R. Heeks;A. Molla / Institute for Development Policy and Management, Manchester, 2009
- While there has been an increase in the investment in information and communication technologies for development (ICT4D) projects, little is understood about the actual impact of such projects...
- Analysing ICT applications for poverty reduction via micro-enterprise using the livelihoods framework
- R. Duncombe / Institute for Development Policy and Management, Manchester, 2006
- This paper seeks to provide a contribution to theorising ICT and development by applying a livelihoods approach as a suitable framework of analysis, taking rural micro-enterprise as an important po...
- Mobile telephony and developing country micro-enterprise: a Nigerian case study
- A. Jagun;R. Heeks;J. Whalley / Institute for Development Policy and Management, Manchester, 2007
- Can mobile telephony improve commercial supply-chains in developing countries? Informational challenges (absence, uncertainty, asymmetry) shape the working of markets and commerce i...
- Apples and oranges: problems in the analysis of comparative regulatory governance
- M. Minogue / Institute for Development Policy and Management, Manchester, 2005
- Interest in regulation as a mode of governance is now a central feature of the literature on regulation in developed economies. Extending this area of study to developing and transitional economies...
- State-business relationships and economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa
- K. Sen;D.W. te Velde / Institute for Development Policy and Management, Manchester, 2008
- In-depth discussions of state-business relations (SBRs) have so far been largely limited to Asian countries such Korea, Japan, Malaysia and Thailand. The measurement of state-business relations in sub...
- 'Inclusive citizenship' for the chronically poor: exploring the inclusion-exclusion nexus in collective struggles
- K. Masaki / Institute for Development Policy and Management, Manchester, 2008
- The promotion of ‘inclusive citizenship’, through which the disadvantaged engage in collective struggles for justice and recognition, has been attracting growing attention as a solution...
- Child development, the life course, and social exclusion: are the frameworks used in the UK relevant for developing countries?
- J. Hobcraft / Institute for Development Policy and Management, Manchester, 2007
- This paper brings together three themes that have become increasingly important in both research and policy on inequality and disadvantage in the UK: child development, the life course and social e...
