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Assessing the competitiveness of the Philippine IT industry
2000The development experience of the past three decades has demonstrated the strategic role information technology (IT) has on the global economy. As an industry, IT has dominated world trade growth in the 1990s contributing to the rapid growth of exports. As a generic technology, it has also revolutionized production process by cutting costs and enhancing product quality and performance.OrganisationOpenDocs
OpenDocs, an e-repository of development research from the Institute of Development Studies (IDS). OpenDocs consists of two separate areas or communities:DocumentDevelopment of regional production and logistic networks in East Asia: the case of the Philippines
Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2010Regional production networks and local production linkages are important not only for the generation of industrial activity through investment flows but also as essential sources of new information and technology.DocumentResults of the 2009 Survey of Innovation Activities (SIA)
Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2011In this paper, results of the 2009 Survey of Innovation Activities are described and discussed. The term innovation, traditionally associated with research and development, has evolved to mean the implementation of new or significantly improved goods and services, production process, marketing, or organizational methods in a firm.DocumentPhilippine priorities in expanding APEC-wide connectivity through infrastructure development
Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2015Well-developed infrastructure systems and services are vital means of enhancing the connectivity of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) member economies. In essence, efforts by APEC to enhance connectivity through infrastructure should be considered regional public goods sinceDocumentBuilding inclusive economies, building a better world: a look at the APEC 2015 Priority Areas (Volume 1)
Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2015This two-volume publication consists of policy papers written under the Research Project APEC 2015. The project explores the four priority areas of APEC 2015, namely, enhancing regional economic integration, fostering small and medium enterprises` participation in the regional and global economy, investing in human capital development, and building sustainable and resilient communities.DocumentDo digital information and communications technologies increase the voice and influence of women and girls?
Overseas Development Institute [ES], 2015Do digital information and communications technologies increase the voice and influence of women and girls? That is the question asked of this Overseas Development Institute’s literature review, part of a two-year Learning and Evidence Project on Women’s Voice and Leadership in Decision-Making project.DocumentTransforming state-citizen relations in food security schemes: the computerized ration card management system in Kerala
Centre for Development Studies, Kerala, India, 2012This paper looks at the application of ICTs to the improvement of state-citizen relations in a developing country context. It argues that, to maximise responsiveness of the government, ICTs need to target the structural problems in state-citizen relations, from which unresponsiveness of the state to citizens is generated.DocumentWomen’s Rights Online: Translating Access into Empowerment
2015This research, based on a survey of poor urban men and women across nine developing countries, found that while the majority of men and women own a mobile phone, women are still nearly 50% less likely to access the Internet than men in the same communities.DocumentICT and employment promotion among poor women: how can we make it happen? Some reflections on Kerala's experience
Centre for Development Studies, Kerala, India, 2008This paper deals with the integration of gender in policies relating to information and communication technology to empower socially excluded poor women as producers of this technology. In this context, this paper examines an interventionist ICT policy undertaken by Kudumbasree (an innovative women based participatory programme)Pages
