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    Connected Health: Transforming Healthcare in Emerging Markets

    2007
    This paper develops the Connected Health model so that it can be applied in developing countries that can afford only a simple infrastructure. It argues that when health is regarded as part of a holistic program of development, the aggregation of demand will make the connectivity needed to transform health (and other services) more affordable.
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    The Linkage Between ICT Applications and Meaningful Development

    2010
    This briefing note focuses on ways in which ICT applications, particularly computer and Web-based digital technologies, can be used to promote sustainable social and economic development and achieve the Millennium Development Goals.
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    An Analysis of the role of ICTs to achieving the MDGs

    2010
    Focusing on African countries, the objective of this paper is to carry-out an analysis of the key challenges and the uses of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to promote socio-economic development, and, in particular, the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) with a specific focus on poverty alleviation, health, education, gender equality, and environmental sustain
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    Electronic Governance in Asia: State of Play, Impact and Bridging Internal Divide

    2010
    This paper attempts to provide deeper insight into the e-government landscape in Asian region. First, the paper highlights the state of e-governance in Asia – regional competiveness and intra-regional performance. Second, it determines the structure of the existing e-governance divide in the region from two different perspectives, at sub-regional and country levels.
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    e-Governance at Grassroots Level in South Asia: A Study of Citizen-centric e-Panchayats in India

    2010
    The paper intends to underline the features of e-governance at local selfgovernment level in rural India and examines the viability of the e-panchayats in making the local-self governance citizen-centric for efficient, responsive, costeffective, result-oriented mechanism for faster pace of rural development.
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    E-government in the Asia-Pacific region: Progress and Challenges

    2005
    This paper will focus on two issues: (i) recent egovernment progress and challenges, and (ii) the practices regional organizations follow to cope with the challenges, while maximizing the benefits.
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    Web Based Research Mapping and Analysis: ICT-AGRI’s Meta Knowledge Base Centralizes ICT and Robotics Development in Agriculture and Related Environmental Issues

    2012
    Ample research is conducted on ICT, automation and robotics in agriculture and related environmental issues. ICT and Robotics innovations are rapidly emerging and have the ability to revolutionize future farming through their major impacts on productivity and profitability. Unfortunately human and financial resources and efforts are fragmented and limited.
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    FOREST GOVERNANCE 2.0: A Primer on ICTs and Governance

    2011
    This report, review the experiences and lessons learned in the use of ICTs to promote forest governance. It identifies ways we can apply modern technology to meet the challenges of improving forest governance to achieve sustainable forest management. The report focuses on institutions, how they interact with key stakeholders, and how we might strengthen their performance in improving governance.
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    ICT for Rural Development: An Inclusive Framework for e-Governance

    Computer Society of India Special Interest Group on eGovernance, 2008
    Review of literature shows that intervention of information and communication technologies (ICT) in rural development initiatives are capable of development, but are not successful. Lack of community participation, absence of an integrated approach and non-inclusion of traditional knowledge systems (TKS) in the project designs are the major impediments.
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    ICT for Improved Public Service Delivery in Papua New Guinea

    2010
    This study was conducted amongst 189 respondents in Papua New Guinea (PNG) using structured questionnaires distributed to different groups of respondents using stratified random sampling. The results indicate that e-governance has the potential to improve service delivery and customer satisfaction.

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