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  The long walk to school: international education goals in historical perspective

  Center for Global Development, USA, 2004

  This paper argues that efforts to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on school enrolments through changes to education policy and increased funding are unrealistic and misguided.First, through an analysis of historical school enrolment patterns in developed countries, the author argues that the international development community has misunderstood the relationship between economic
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  Investment opportunities in Western Africa: ICT and internet sectors

  Spintrack IT Advice, 2003

  Results of a study prepared for the IFC looking at investment opportunities in ICT and Internet sectors in Western Africa , covering the four countries of Cameroon, Ghana, Nigeria and Senegal.The report is available as:a regional market analysis: reporting on general conditions and the state of technology in the region.
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  Financing ICT4D projects: a way forward: issues paper

  Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, 2003

  This paper looks at how to finance ICT4D and the roles the different stakeholders could play.
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  Straight from the Source: perspectives from the African Open Source movement

  Bridges.org, 2004

  African software developers face many obstacles as they struggle to grow professionally in their chosen field. But these "coders", as a group, form a community marked less by their frustration and isolation than by their perseverance and resolve. This theme dominated AfricaSource, a workshop held in Namibia in March, 2004.
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  Meta-survey on the use of technologies in education in Asia and the Pacific

  UNESCO Bangkok: Asia and Pacific Regional Bureau for Education, 2004

  This document provides a snapshot of the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in education in Asia and the Pacific. It uses a broad definition of ICTs which includes broadcast technologies, such as radio and television, as well as the use of computers, related peripherals, email and the web.
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  Communicating in the information society

  Communication Rights in the Information Society, 2003

  Collection of essays include:The other information revolution: media and empowerment in developing countries, James Deane et al.
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  Information and communication technologies in education in the South: beyond futurological prophecies and critical dystopias

  Norwegian Network on ICT and Development, 2003

  Series of papers and presentations from a meeting held on 2-3 October 2003 at the Stein Rokkan Centre for Social Studies, University of Bergen.Papers include: Information and communication technology-appropriation in Ecuador: educative initiatives with disadvantaged groups by Patricia Bermudez ICT and multicultural practice by Katherine GoodnowUsing the Internet Cafe at Techniko
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  Open source software and low cost computing [in Africa]

  Catalysing Access to ICT in Africa, 2003

  This project inception report from CATIA looks at strategies for the development of appropriate low-cost computers (LCC) and open-source software platforms and applications (OSS) in order to broaden access to information and communications technologies in Africa.
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  Key issues affecting the African internet: report of an online discussion

  Catalysing Access to ICT in Africa, 2003

  This report of an online discussion held in September 2003. It asks why Africa does not have an Internet, and is so dependent on networks in Europe, the USA and Asia for connectivity between African countries. It looks at historical, economic, policy and infrastructure issues.
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  African telecommunication indicators 2004

  International Telecommunication Union, 2004

  Mobile phone subscriber numbers in Africa have increased by over 1000% between 1998 and 2003 to reach 51.8 million. Mobile user numbers have long passed those of fixed line, which stood at 25.1 million at the end of 2003This report provides a brief overview of market trends.

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