Sun, 27 May 2012 01:05:44 One of the Eldis RSS newsfeeds on major development issues ICT for development http://www.eldis.org Copyright ©2012 Eldis, Sussex p.ferguson@ids.ac.uk en-uk Eldis Logo http://www.eldis.org 85 http://www.eldis.org/images/logo/eldisRSS.gif Logo for www.eldis.org 34 60 Cambridge and international development: the ideas, the people, the impact I. Steed This report is the first in a series of annual publications by the Humanitarian Centre examining the ways in which Cambridge has a real impact on the ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61448 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61448 Tue, 22 May 2012 09:05:28 GMT ICT-Enabled Development of Capacity for Climate Change Adaptation L. P. Pant Climate change and related stressors are posing an increasing challenge to livelihoods in low-income communities. Those communities need to develop the ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61445 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61445 Mon, 21 May 2012 09:12:07 GMT Radio as a development tool in Africa M. Myers Radio is still the dominant mass-medium in Africa with the widest geographical reach and the highest audiences compared with television (TV), newspapers ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61423 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61423 Fri, 18 May 2012 18:04:36 GMT The role of intermediaries in advancing public policy objectives Internet intermediaries, here defined as, Internet service providers (ISPs), hosting providers, search engines, ecommerce intermediaries, Internet payment ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61401 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61401 Thu, 17 May 2012 09:06:32 GMT ICTs applications in responding to disasters N.,T. Yap Effective disaster response demands rapid access to reliable and accurate data and the capacity to assess, analyse and integrate information from varied ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61399 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61399 Wed, 16 May 2012 16:39:31 GMT Knowledge and development in ICTs in the climate change arena P., P. Kalas; A. Finlay The publication explores the practical linkages between climate change, access to and sharing of information and knowledge, communication for development ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61398 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61398 Wed, 16 May 2012 15:54:59 GMT Towards Evidence Based ICT Policy and Regulation: e-Skills J. P. Schmidt This paper reports on the findings of the second household and individual user survey of access and usage conducted by Research ICT Africa between 2007 ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61374 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61374 Tue, 15 May 2012 09:07:03 GMT Can ICT belong in Africa, or is ICT owned by the North Atlantic region? W. V. Binsbergen ICT, as a technological innovation and a major factor in globalization, poses particular problems of ownership and identity with regard to the African ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61373 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61373 Tue, 15 May 2012 09:07:00 GMT Digital gender divide or technologically empowered women in developing countries? M. Hilbert The discussion about women's access to and use of digital Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in developing countries has been inconclusive ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61371 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61371 Tue, 15 May 2012 09:06:52 GMT ICT, the New Media (Internet) and Development: Malaysian Experience A. Salman The mass media in Malaysia has been encouraged to work with the government in mobilizing the people towards achieving national development objectives. ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61370 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61370 Tue, 15 May 2012 09:06:49 GMT The role of community radio in a changing climate Community radio is well recognised as a powerful vehicle for advocacy and social change in Africa, but its use in the field of climate change has remained ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61357 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61357 Mon, 14 May 2012 14:38:53 GMT Making Policy on ICTs and Climate Change in Developing Countries A. Ospina; R. Heeks This online report provides guidance on how to incorporate ICTs into climate change policy, and how to incorporate climate change into ICT policy. The ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61336 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61336 Fri, 11 May 2012 14:23:04 GMT Estimating the Potential Impacts of Open Access to Research Findings J. Houghton Advances in information and communication technologies are disrupting traditional models of scholarly publishing, radically changing our capacity to reproduce, ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61331 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61331 Fri, 11 May 2012 09:15:33 GMT Gender, Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and Rural Livelihoods This paper explores some of the challenges faced when implementing projects aimed at empowering women in ICT in relation to rural livelihoods. http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61313 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61313 Thu, 10 May 2012 09:06:16 GMT Do Open-Access Articles Have a Greater Research Impact? K. Antelman Although many authors believe that their work has a greater research impact if it is freely available, studies to demonstrate that impact are few. This ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61307 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61307 Wed, 09 May 2012 09:07:18 GMT Self-Selected or Mandated, Open Access Increases Citation Impact for Higher Quality Research Y Gargouri Open Access (OA) articles are cited significantly more than articles in the same journal and year that have not been made OA. Some have suggested that ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61306 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61306 Wed, 09 May 2012 09:07:14 GMT The Open Access Citation Advantage: Studies and Results to date A. Swan This paper presents a summary of reported studies on the Open Access citation advantage. After a brief introduction to the main issues involved in carrying ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61305 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61305 Wed, 09 May 2012 09:07:09 GMT New directions in fisheries: a series of policy briefs on development issues The aim of this policy brief is to: a) Show how new information and communications technologies (ICTs) can link with established methods to enhance opportunities ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61304 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61304 Wed, 09 May 2012 09:07:07 GMT Livelihood Solutions through Mobile Technology: An Assessment The introduction of ICT Mobile Technology in 2009 could be seen as an emerging opportunity to fill the knowledge gap in agriculture and improve the livelihood ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61303 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61303 Wed, 09 May 2012 09:07:02 GMT Contribution of Information and Communication Technology in Increasing Agro-based Entreprenuers Productivity in Malaysia B. A. Samah ICT usage has become more relevant in the modern days and agriculture is one of the sectors that benefited from it. ICT without doubt is one of the main ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61302 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61302 Wed, 09 May 2012 09:07:00 GMT Responding to the learning and developmental needs of out-of-school adolescents G. Kasinathan The document discusses the background, strategies, outcomes, challenges and learnings of Kishori Chitrapata, a project of IT for Change that addresses ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61298 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61298 Wed, 09 May 2012 09:06:27 GMT Making E-Government Projects in Developing Countries More Successful and Sustainable: Some Case Studies from India R. Kumar This paper examines the issues in the context of lessons drawn from four ICT based government to citizen (G2C) and citizen to government (C2G) projects ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61292 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61292 Tue, 08 May 2012 09:06:48 GMT Openness, Access, and Governance in Asian “Network Societies”: Developing an Open Governance Index A. Alegre The objectives of the Open e-Governance Index project are to: a) to further understand democratic e-governance, particularly through developing the discourse ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61291 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61291 Tue, 08 May 2012 09:06:44 GMT Empowering Indigenous Peoples in Asia through Communication M. Meier The paper comes to the conclusion that there is significant potential in Asia for innovative Indigenous media and ICT applications, which remains largely ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61290 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61290 Tue, 08 May 2012 09:06:41 GMT Gender Responsive E-governance: Exploring the Transformative Potential N. Hijab E-governance refers to the use of old and new technologies to enhance government efficiency, transparency, accountability, and service and information ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61289 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61289 Tue, 08 May 2012 09:06:38 GMT E-Governance as an Anti Corruption Tool: Korean Cases M. S. Iqbal This paper aims to see e-governance as an anti corruption tool. Cases from the Republic of Korea - the OPEN system and the GePS - will be analyzed. ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61288 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61288 Tue, 08 May 2012 09:06:32 GMT Re-engineering Education and Training for Economic and Social Development in the 21st Century: A Focus on Technology and Skills Development in National Education and Training Systems in Africa P. Swarts This paper argues for the re-engineering of education and training systems for sustainable socio-economic development in Africa and looks at the role ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61250 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61250 Fri, 04 May 2012 09:08:08 GMT The LERU Roadmap to Open Access The LERU Roadmap towards Open Access represents a conscious decision by the League of European Research Universities (LERU) to investigate new models ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61222 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61222 Tue, 01 May 2012 09:09:13 GMT Sending the Right Message: ICT Use and Access for Communicating Messages of Health and Wellbeing to CALD Communities B. O. Mara This paper aims to understand the challenges and opportunities that groups from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Communities such as refugee ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61220 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61220 Tue, 01 May 2012 09:09:04 GMT The Global Information Society: a Statistical View The aim of this publication is twofold. The first is to present a coherent picture of the state of the information society in the world. To achieve this, ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61219 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61219 Tue, 01 May 2012 09:09:01 GMT