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    Building knowledge societies: the renewal of democratic practices in knowledge societies

    John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2004
    This paper looks at the political consequences of knowledge societies (social groups using ICTs to communicate knowledge), in particular the policy implications for promoting democracy and good governance.
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    Gender and ICTs: cutting edge pack

    BRIDGE, 2004
    Who benefits from ICTs? Who is dictating the course of ICTs? Is it possible to harness ICTs to serve larger goals of equality and justice? Dramatic changes brought about by ICTs have created new economic and social opportunities the world over. Their use, however, continues to be governed by existing power relations.
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    Untying the gordian knot

    Info-Share, Sri Lanka, 2004
    This study focuses on the use of new information and communications technology (ICT) to augment traditional conflict transformation techniques. It argues that much of the literature on ICT fails to treat it as one factor among many that shape inter-state and intra-state relations in developing countries.
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    Facilitating communications in response to HIV/AIDS in South-East Asia

    Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, 2001
    UNAIDS has coordinated an infoDev project in South-East Asia which promotes innovative projects for the use of information technologies with a special emphasis on the needs of the poor in developing countries. This case study focuses on phase two of the project with particular reference to three countries: the Philippines, Thailand and Viet Nam.
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    The globalization of the software industry: perspectives and opportunities for developed and developing countries

    National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 2004
    The spectacular growth of the software industry in some non-G7 economies has aroused both interest and concern in the USA.
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    Scientific publications: free for all?

    UK Parliament, 2004
    Academic libraries are struggling to purchase subscriptions to all the journal titles needed by their users. This is due both to the high and increasing journal prices imposed by commercial publishers and the inadequacy of library budgets to meet the demands placed upon them by a system supporting an ever increasing volume of research.
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    Harnessing ICTs: A Canadian first nations experience. K-Net Program

    Institute for Connectivity in the Americas, 2004
    This case study collection concerns the work of K-Net, a program of Keewaytinook Okimakanak (KO) tribal council in a remote region of northwestern Ontario, Canada.
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    ICT and development: east is east and west is west and the twain may yet meet

    Community-Based Natural Resource Management Network, 2003
    The paper argues that huge amount of investment in information and communication technologies (ICTs) in developing countries, mainly through aid and assistance from donor agencies, have failed to realise the dream of helping these countries achieve national development.
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    Thwarted innovation: what happened to e-learning and why

    Learning Alliance for Higher Education, USA, 2004
    This report examines the debate over the success or failure of e-learning in the USA. It tracked the changing attitudes about and perceptions of e-learning by faculty and technical staff over 18 months across a wide sample of US colleges and universities each with substantial investments in e-learning.
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    UNDP best practices and know-how in ICT for Development

    Regional Bureau for Europe and the CIS, United Nations Development Programme, 2004
    Contains a collection of knowledge-based best practices accumulated by UNDP in Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).

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