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  Young people and the digital divide in Egypt: an empirical study

  Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2013

  Digital divide is a new phenomenon emerging with the development of the information and communication technologies (ICTs). The digital divide can be defined as the gap between those with a permanent, effective access to new ICTs and those with none.
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  Regional cooperation for infrastructure development: towards an institutional framework for investment in the IOR - ARC

  Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2013

  Infrastructure plays a key role in promoting economic growth and development. Infrastructure is considered as a priority sector for investment in the Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC). Due to low domestic savings most of the member states in the region are quite dependent on foreign investment for capital formation.
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  How can government increase R&D activities in the Philippines?

  Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2011

  Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS) collaborated with the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) in the last quarter of 2009 to undertake a study focusing on the identification of factors that drive multinational corporations (MNCs) and technology-based companies to locate in the Philippines and invest in innovative activities.
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  Why some firms innovate and why others do not

  Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2011

  Various studies have pointed to the Philippines’ meagre expenditures on research and development (R&D) activities, especially when viewed vis-a-vis those of its neighboring countries. Innovation, however, is not just confined to inventions and R&D. From an economics standpoint, an innovation must increase value, whether customer value or producer value.
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  Emerging Opportunities: Monitoring and Evaluation in a Tech-Enabled World

  Rockefeller Foundation, 2014

  Paper exploring how ICTs are helping to overcome common M&E challenges, including “real-world” challenges and methodological and conceptual challenges. It offers ideas on untested areas where ICTs could play a role in evaluation, and an in-depth discussion of some of the new challenges, problems and risks that arise when incorporating ICTs into the M&E process as a whole.
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  Gender-Specific Election Violence: The Role of Information and Communication Technologies

  2013

  The rising influence of new information and communication technologies (ICTs) has paralleled the rapid development of women’s political participation worldwide. For women entering political life or holding public positions, new ICTs are frequently used as tools of gender-specific electoral and political violence.
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  Information and cmmunication technologies for women entrepreneurs: prospects and potential in Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, and Uzbekistan

  Asian Development Bank, 2014

  Information and communication technologies (ICTs), in particular mobile phones, the internet, and computers, play an important role in accelerating business growth.
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  Flexible, Open and Distance Learning: An Enabler or Barrier to Women’s Empowerment through Education and Learning

  Commonwealth of Learning, 2013

  Can flexible, open and distance learning (FODL) deliver education equitably and equally, as well as remove barriers to women’s learning and enhance empowerment, in the Global South?
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  Empowering Women Entrepreneurs through Information and Communication Technologies - A Practical Guide

  United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development, 2014

  The promotion of micro and small-scale enterprises (MSEs) has been recognised as an important strategy for advancing the economic empowerment of women, while reducing poverty and gender inequality.
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  Meaning of indian economic dynamism for the East Asian economic integration process

  Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2014

  The study sets out to demonstrate what Indian economic dynamism brings to the ASEAN+6 process, including its developmental implications. It also aims to highlight how India’s soft power has not only cultural and ethical dimensions but also crucial economic significance to its integration within Asia.

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