ICT policy making
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- Enhancing the potential of ICTs for advancing democracy and empowerment in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda
- ( Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency , 2009)
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Access to and the strategic use of information and communications technologies (ICTs) have been shown to have the potential to help bring about economic development, poverty reduction, and democrat...
- ICT and gender in Bangladesh
- ( Development Research Network , 2009)
- ‘Digital Bangladesh’ became a key issue in the last election as the benefits of ICT became more well known. At the same time as this growing interest, Bangladesh was and still is in a time...
- Producing internationally comparable statistics on the information economy
- ( United Nations Asian Pacific Training Centre for Information and Communication Technology for Development , 2009)
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The demand for statistics on information and communication technologies (ICT) is continuously increasing as more countries seek to design, monitor and review national policies. This manual has...
- The role of ICT in developing a low carbon economy
- ( The Climate Group , 2008)
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Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) has increased productivity and supported economic growth across the globe. But what impact does ICT have on climate change? This report at...
Reviewing the policy context for research publication in South Africa
- ( E. Gray / Local Government and Public Service Reform Initiative , 2007)
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Publishing scholarly output in Africa is hindered by a lack of resources, arising from unwillingness on the part of both government and higher education institutions to fund research publication &n...
Using ICT to adapt to the consequences of climate change: lessons from the Arctic
- ( D. MacLean / International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg , 2008)
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This paper explores the potential of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to enable people to adapt to the consequences of climate change, particularly in the most vulnerable regi...
- 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 (ed) / 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 ...
