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  The politics of Open Source adoption

  Social Science Research Council, USA, 2005

  This work in progress looks at the political processes influencing the adoption of Free/Open Source software (F/OSS).Techncially, it is presented in wiki format, with an invitation for readers to contribute their own experience.The history looks at how open source is becoming embedded in political arenas and policy debates.
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  Open Source software in schools: a study of the spectrum of use and related ICT infrastructure costs

  British Educational Communications and Technology Agency, 2005

  This report compares the cost and effectiveness of using Open Source software (OSS) and proprietary software in UK schools. It finds that: OSS can be implemented successfully as a networking solution within the technical infrastructure and with obvious cost benefits. The annual total cost per PC was less for nearly all the OSS schools at both primary and secondary school levels.
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  Comparison study of Free/Open Source and Proprietary Software in an African context: implementation and policy-making to optimise community access to ICT

  Bridges.org, 2005

  This surveys looks at the software used by public-access computer labs in Namibia, South Africa and Uganda.
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  Information and communication technologies in South African secondary schools

  Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa, 2005

  This study evaluates the use of ICT in South Africa, such as current infrastructure, connectivity, curriculum, and timetable allocations, and to a lesser extent classroom practice of ICT in South Africa. This case study is one of 26 countries evaluated for the Second Information Technology in Education Study (SITES) international survey.
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  Information and communication technologies (ICTs) for community empowerment through non-formal education: experiences from Lao PDR, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Uzbekistan

  UNESCO Bangkok: Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education, 2005

  This report presents country and regional experiences from ICT for community empowerment through community learning centres (CLC) projects.
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  Women in the digital era: gender and culture

  Gender Mainstreaming Programme in Asia, 2004

  This study is an attempt to draw attention to the social and gender -specific consequences of the growth of IT industry in India. The paper examines the shift throughout Asia of women workers from the status of unpaid family workers to that of employees, though in the case of India it is to that of casual, home-based rather than regular employees.
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  Africa: the impact of mobile phones

  Vodafone, 2005

  Africa has been the fastest-growing mobile market in the world during the past five years. There are now more than 82 million mobile users in Africa: Nigeria's mobile market is growing at over 100% per year.
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  Information and governance: a guide

  Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, 2004

  This SDC policy document argues that access to information is an essential element of governance. The production, distribution and consumption of information has existed for as long as human beings have been communicating with each other. All of that gives access to information a powerful (and long underestimated) role in cooperation and development.
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  ICTs and the MDGs: on the wrong track?

  Institute for Development Policy and Management, Manchester, 2005

  This article argues for a change in agency policy towards ICT for development investment, arguing that whilst such investments are worthwhile, they should look beyond the MDGs.The paper divides investments into 2 types: ICT consumption: the use of technology in applications like e-commerce and e-government.ICT production: the creation of hardware, software and other components of the IC
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  Challenges of Hungarian science policy: the evolution of a knowledge-based economy and society

  Institute for World Economics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary, 2004

  Evolution of the new inter-disciplinary concept of the knowledge-driven economy is one of the most important changes in the last two decades. Its significance for future economic growth and development becomes even greater when applied to transition countries in central Europe.The paper tries to measure the effect of new technologies on the recent development of Hungary.

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