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  Adapting technology for school improvement: a global perspective

  International Institute for Educational Planning, UNESCO, 2004

  This book presents a compilation of articles based on the premise that the move to advanced technology use in primary and secondary schools offers great hope for improving the access, quality, and efficiency of basic education.The aim of the book is to identify and examine how information technologies can be, and are being, used to strengthen the quality of primary and secondary education.
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  Remedying education: evidence from two randomized experiments in India

  National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 2005

  This paper presents the results of two experiments conducted in Mumbai and Vadodara, India, designed to evaluate ways to improve the quality of education in urban slums. The authors argue that resources alone may not be sufficient to improve educational outcomes.
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  CSR issues in the ICT hardware manufacturing sector

  Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations, 2005

  This report aims to raise awareness of the environmental, human and regulation problems in the ICT sector, and in particular in the production of hardware.
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  Information and communication technologies in schools: a handbook for teachers on how ICT can create new, open learning environments

  Education Sector, UNESCO, 2005

  ICT (information and communication technologies) have already impacted on the economies of all nations and on the fabric of society at every level within which teachers and students live and interact.
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  Community-based networks and innovative technologies: new models to serve and empower the poor

  United Nations Development Programme, 2005

  This report looks at innovative combinations of community-driven enterprises and the new wave of wireless and related technologies. The report concludes that these emerging options could make a significant difference to network access, delivery of services and economic and social opportunities for poorer rural communities.
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  Knowledge maps: ICTs in education

  infoDev, 2005

  This report is a “Knowledge Map” of what is known (and what isn’t) about ICT use in education. It shows that important gaps remain in the current knowledge base, and that there appears to be a dearth of useful resources attempting to translate what is known to work (and not work) in this field for policymakers and donor staff working on education issues in developing countries.
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  Monitoring and evaluation of ICT in education projects: a handbook for developing countries

  infoDev, 2005

  This handbook on monitoring and evaluation of ICTs in education is intended as an introduction and guide for policymakers and practitioners trying to understand and assess the ICT-related investments currently being implemented in the education sector.The handbook compiles a series of articles associated with different aspects of monitoring and evaluating ICTs in education, these include:
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  Developing a successful e-government

  Arab Urban Development Institute, Saudi Arabia, 2004

  This paper presents three perspectives of citizens, businesses and government to advance the transformation to e-government. The required skills for a successful e-government are introduced.
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  Researching ICT-based enterprise for women in developing countries: a gender perspective

  Women's ICT-Based Enterprise for Development, 2004

  This short paper discusses what an ICT gender perspective implies and the various approaches that may be employed within this. It then outlines the Gender Evaluation Methodology (GEM), a framework for evaluating gender impacts of ICT’s.The authors consider operationalisation issues of the GEM framework for women's ICT based enterprises.
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  Can community telecentres reach the most disadvantaged in Africa?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004

  The first public telecentre in Africa is reported to have opened in 1998. Many more are now in operation and their popularity has grown. So too have claims about their potential to contribute to poverty alleviation by bringing the benefits of the information age to Africa’s most excluded and disadvantaged people. But what difference, if any, are the centres making?

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