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Up-scaling pro-poor ICT-policies and practices: a review of experience with emphasis on low income countries in Asia and Africa
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, 2005This report looks at the use of ICT for poverty reduction and as its potential and limitations at the grassroots, national, and global levels. It identifies parallels and differences in the use of ICT for poverty reduction in Sub-Saharan Africa and low income countries of Asia.DocumentGirls, HIV/AIDS and education
United Nations Children's Fund, 2005This paper looks at the links between sexual knowledge/behaviour and educational level among young people.DocumentA country ICT survey for Namibia
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, 2002This report covers the fifth in a series of country ICT surveys commissioned by Sida as part of its ongoing programme to support the use of ICT in developing countries. The project team used desk research to obtain background information before undertaking a field trip to Namibia.DocumentAccessing agricultural information online: filling in the gaps
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003Websites providing development-oriented information services for the agricultural sector are multiplying. This information growth, enabled by donor funding has not necessarily made it easier for users in developing countries to find and access relevant information. Many gaps and inconsistencies exist and much of the information available is not responsive to the demands of service users.DocumentMobiles and markets – providers of telephones for Africa’s rural poor?
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003Bridging the ‘digital divide’ – a gap between those who can access and use information technology and those who cannot – is seen as an essential part of development. Despite the wide publicity about promoting information and communication technologies (ICTs), most rural Africans still lack telephone services.DocumentCommunication for social change: a position paper and conference report
Rockefeller Foundation, 1999This position paper from the Rockefeller Foundation sets out a vision of communications for social change, based on the findings of two conferences. It argues for a new approach to communications in development that builds on and moves beyond traditional approaches, and capitalises on opportunities presented by the modern communications environment.DocumentGender issues in the information society
World Summit on the Information Society, 2003This paper explores the role and evolution of information and communication technologies in development. The authors point out that information and communication technologies could give a major boost to the economic, political and social empowerment of women, and the promotion of gender equality.DocumentMaking the difference: how schools influence gender identity
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005Research in Botswana and Ghana indicates that daily life in schools is affected strongly by gender. A joint project by researchers at the University of Sussex in the UK, the University of Botswana and the University of Cape Coast in Ghana found that institutional practices and traditions can lead to a highly gendered school environment rarely challenged by students or teachers.DocumentOpen access to scholarly publications: a model for enhanced knowledge management? Reflections on the debate
gpgNet: The global network on global public goods, 2004This paper summarises the preceedings of the gpgNet Web Forum that ran from September 20, 2004, through October 4, 2004, and included over 670 registered participants, who contributed approximately 140 electronic postings to the discussion.Participants stated that electronic publishing and the Internet itself seemingly offer the promise for academic and scientific findings to be made available