ICT policy making
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- Does regulation stifle or enable ICT connectivity?
- ( R. Samarajiva;A. Zainudeen / International Development Research Centre , 2008)
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This book addresses an important question: can technology by itself improve access to ICTs or must the policy and regulatory pre-conditions be satisfied in order to realise the potential of te...
- Is the aid system in need of a radical overhaul?
- ( T., H. Gestsson / AidMarket , 2007)
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This paper argues that the processes that shape the aid environment - the approaches to development - are inherently problematic. It claims that the existing incentive structure does...
The role of ICTs in emergency response and crisis management
- ( D. Crawford / Association of Computer Machinery , 2007)
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Since Hurricane Katrina and the Indian Ocean tsunami, increasing attention has been paid to the role that ICT can and should play in emergency response and crisis management. This special addi...
- The digital divide: a review of ICTs in Africa, Asia and Latin America
- ( R. Bissio;W. Curry;A. Esterhuysen / Global Information Society Watch , 2007)
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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 ...
Can technology and innovation promote development in LDCs?
- ( United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development , 2007)
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UNCTAD’s Least Developed Countries Report 2007 focuses on knowledge accumulation, technological learning and the ability to innovate as vital processes toward genuine productive capacity deve...
- How can ICTs in Latin America be made to benefit the poor?
- ( H. Galperin;J. Mariscal / International Development Research Centre , 2007)
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This book examines the problem of inadequate access to information and communication technology (ICT) and the need to develop appropriate pro-poor ICT policies within the Latin American and Caribbe...
- The importance of women in information and communications technology
- ( A.M. Kuga Thas,;C. Garcia Ramilo,;C. Cinco, / Asia-Pacifiic Development Information Program , 2007)
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Why is it important to view women as information and communications technology (ICT) producers, developers and decision makers and not only as consumers? This publication, with a foreword by Execut...
- Manual on ICT policy formulation and e-strategy development
- ( Asia-Pacifiic Development Information Program , 2005)
- The aim of this guidebook is to explain the nature of people-focused ICT policy formulation and strategy development. It uses examples from the Asia-Pacific region and around the world. It focuses on...
- Role of ICTs in poverty alleviation
- ( A. Greenberg / Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency , 2005)
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This report reviews the evidence on how (or if) ICTs should be used in support of poverty reduction exercises.
There is one characteristic that is common to most of the ICT-related poverty alleviati...
- Why did the UK e-University project fail?
- ( UK Parliament , 2005)
- This paper examines the UK e–University project, which was concluded last year by HEFCE, after having spent £50 million of public money but having succeeded only in attracting 900 students. This repor...
