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  Reconfiguring government-public engagements: enhancing the communicative power of citizens

  Oxford Internet Institute, 2007

  This paper brings together proceedings of a workshop on ’Engaging with the Google generation’. It explores how latest internet, web and related digital information and communication techologies (ICTs) could help to produce better government to meet the diverse democratic and public service needs of all citizens.
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  E-governance in Africa: from theory to action - a handbook on ICTs for local governance

  International Development Research Centre, 2007

  This book presents the context, theory and current thinking on the interaction betweeen ICTs and local governance, particularly in Africa. It discusses the shift from ‘government’ to ‘e-governance,’ describes the role of local-level authorities, and presents the benefits and limitations of introducing ICTs in government operations.
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  Empowering the poor. Information and communications technology for governance and poverty reduction: a study of rural development projects in India

  Asia-Pacifiic Development Information Program, 2006

  India has a large number of projects which use Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for poverty alleviation and good governance. However, most of these projects have remained in a perpetual pilot stage. In this context, this study seeks to identify the conditions under which rural ICT projects for poverty alleviation can be scaled up for wider implementation.
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  Click here for change: your guide to the e-advocacy revolution

  PolicyLink, 2007

  For more than a decade the Internet has helped to gradually reshape the American political environment. This manual offers a guide to using technology techniques to engage in advocacy and promote the quality of life and access to opportunity for everyone.
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  From power outages to paper trails: experiences in incorporating technology into the election process

  International Foundation for Electoral Systems, 2007

  This paper documents work from four authors in the fields of information technology, election assistance, and electronic voting. It questions whether cutting edge technology is being pursued for the sake of being on the cutting edge, or for the sake of the electoral process. Through their key findings, the authors formulate questions and discussion under three main approaches:
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  E-participation and e-government: understanding the present and creating the future

  Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations, 2007

  This document presents an edited paper containing the work of twelve experts on e-government and e-participation. It aims to address the issues and challenges facing countries developing ICT for development and e-government programmes.
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  Digital poverty: Latin American and Caribbean perspectives

  International Development Research Centre, 2007

  This book examines the problem of inadequate access to information and communication technology (ICT) and the need to develop appropriate pro-poor ICT policies within the Latin American and Caribbean context.
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  International Conference on Engaging Communities

  2005 UN and Queensland government organised conference resulting in the Brisbane Declaration on Community Engagement.
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  Ten emerging e-government challenges today: the future may be sober and not hype

  Development Gateway, 2006

  The paper gives an overview of the e- government scenario and identifies ten emerging e-government challenges.
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  Creating an outer circle in the digital world: participation of women in the e-government system

  United Nations [UN] Division for the Advancement of Women, 2006

  This paper argues for the incorporation of gender equity and women’s agenda in ICT policies to combat the exclusion-inclusion syndrome of digital power relations. It focuses on the situation in the Gambia.The current digital era has opened up a space for participation in governance through alternate means.

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