ICT for development

Impact of mobile phones on SME supply chains in Nigeria

Can mobile telephony improve commercial supply-chains in developing countries? Informational challenges – absence, uncertainty, asymmetry – shape the working of markets and commerce in many developing countries. This paper is a case study of the impact of mobile telephony on SMEs in the clothweaving sector in Nigeria.

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Use of computerised information systems in Uganda and Botswana: ( R Bisaso / id21 Development Research Reporting Service , 2008); The use of Computerised Information Systems has grown rapidly in developed countries in the past two decades. Developing countries are far behind but some, such as Botswana and Uganda, have introdu...
Enhancing the potential of ICTs for advancing democracy and empowerment in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda: ( Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency , 2009); 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...
Improving access to information through rural ICT channels in Bangladesh: ( Development Research Network , 2006); These individual case studies illustrate the benefits that the Pallitathya Rural Information Centre has provided through various information and communication technologies channels in fou...
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...
How to assess the impact of ICT4D projects?: ( 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...
Examples of small technology that have a big impact: ( Academy for Educational Development, USA , 2009); This publication, based on AED’s experience, shows examples of the practical application of small technology that have a big impact around the developing world. The authors argue that technology...
Using mobile phone technology, millions of people could be reached with HIV prevention messages: ( IRIN PlusNews , 2008); As Uganda's HIV prevalence is rising again, policy makers are on the look for innovative ways of educating people about the virus. This article, published by PlusNews, reports on a pilot project in we...
The role of mobile phones in in the scale-up of global health systems: ( Richard Lester;Sarah Karanja / The Lancet Infectious Diseases , 2008); This article, published by The Lancet, argues that with mobile telephones reaching people in Africa’s cities, towns, villages, and countrysides more rapidly than anywhere else in the world, they...
The potential of mobile phones in improving global health: ( The Economist , 2009); This special report on health care and technology, published by The Economist, describes how developing countries are using mobile phones to provides personalised medicine. Drawing from experiences...
Open licenses promise significant value for funders, grantees and for the public good: ( P. Malone / Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University , 2009); This document examines the extent to which charitable foundations are aware of and have begun to use open licenses such as Creative Commons or the GPL. It highlights examples where found...