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  Public-private partnerships in a minimally invasive education approach

  Hole-in-the-Wall Education, 2005

  This paper examines the Minimally Invasive Education (MIE) project in Madangir, New Delhi, India. The project involved installing computer learning stations in an open, outdoor location, and encouraging children to learn on their own, with minimal, or no intervention. The project was implemented by a partnership between the Indian government and a private sector IT training company, NIIT.
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  Case studies of non-formal education by distance and open learning

  Commonwealth of Learning, 2000

  This research report contains case studies of distance and open learning for non-formal education (NFE) from Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.
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  African schoolnet toolkit

  SchoolNet Africa, 2005

  The Toolkit is designed to help education planners and practitioners integrate information and communication technologies (ICT) into education systems.
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  Deploying ICTs in schools: part 1: a framework for identifying and assessing technology options, their benefits, feasibility and total cost of ownership

  Global E-Schools and Communities Initiative, 2005

  This draft document is the first of a two part report on deploying Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) in schools. Part 1 introduces a framework for identifying the range of possible ICTs and making a selection informed by an assessment of the benefits and costs of the different options.
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  Improving health, connecting people: the role of ICTs in the health sector of developing countries - a framework paper

  infoDev, 2006

  This paper, published by Information for Development (infodev), looks at information and communication technology (ICT) interventions in the health sector in developing countries. It argues that ICTs have enormous potential as tools to increase information flows, disseminate evidence-based knowledge, and empower citizens.
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  DFID KaR Action Research on :Improving transparency, efficiency and effectiveness of pro-poor government services

  Knowledge and Research Programme on Disability and Healthcare Technology, DFID, 2006

  This report and toolkit focuses on how ICTs can improve the effectiveness of public service delivery to the poor and vulnerable.
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  Race to the Bottom: corporate complicity in Chinese internet censorship

  Human Rights Watch, 2006

  This report documents how extensive corporate and private sector cooperation – including by some of the world’s major Internet companies – enables a system of internet censorship in China, popularly known as the Great Firewall.
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  The enabling environment for mobile banking in Africa

  Bankable Frontier Associates, 2006

  This paper is based on the premise that mobile phones can offer a communications channel for initiating and executing on-line financial transactions.
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  Girls’ education in Guinea under the microscope

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  Guinea has made steady progress in increasing primary school enrolment, especially of girls. Yet, schools are overcrowded and the quality of education is poor. Local communities must be key partners with national and international organisations if there is to be further progress in increasing girls’ participation.
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  Creating more opportunities for young people using information and communications technology

  Curtain Consulting, 2003

  This document highlights several important considerations related to promoting opportunities to create employment for young people, using ICT. The first is the need to distinguish between self-employment and entrepreneurship as two separate activities requiring different skill sets and forms of support. Self-employment is the focus of most young people in the informal sector.

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