Knowledge Centre : Education and Information : ICT for Development : Page 3
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- iConnect
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iConnect is a jumping off point for information on the application of knowledge and ICT's in sustainable development. Developed in association with the 'building digital opportunities' programme funded by DFID, DGIS, and the SDC, it draws content from its partners, iConnect links resources and expertise and encourages collaboration. Most of the content and indeed the knowledge and expertise needed to make sense of ICTs is not physically on this site. But it can easily be found through the linked efforts of the partners. The thinking underlying iConnect is that international development cooperation is best served by the joint efforts of a diverse group of actors, each bringing its own perspectives and expertise, and working towards common goals.
http://www.iconnect-online.org/
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- ICT Test Bed: 2006 Annual Report
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A 4-year United Kingdom (UK) study into the impact of computers on educational attainment concludes that having a high level of technology for learning equipment will dramatically improve performance, as long as there is the right support and enthusiasm to embrace it. Centre for ICT, Pedagogy and Learning (Education and Social Research Institute), (June 2007)
http://www.evaluation.icttestbed.org.uk/reports
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- ICTs for Poverty Alleviation: Basic Tool and Enabling Sector
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This report reviews the evidence on how (or if) ICTs should be used in support of poverty reduction exercises. There is one characteristic that is common to most of the ICT-related poverty alleviation programs. It finds that the most effective ICTs used are typically basic ones - telephone and radio are most common, and when computers or the Internet are involved, they are for restricted, targeted uses. ( Alan Greenberg, Sida, 2005)
http://www.livelihoods.org/static/agreenberg_NN349.html?em=1206
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- IDML - International Development Markup Language
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The IDML Initiative is a collaborative project to develop an XML specification for information that is specific to the international development sector.
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- Improving health, fighting poverty: the role of information and communication technology (ICT)
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Author(s): Chetley, A. Produced by: Exchange (2001). New information and communication technologies (ICTs) offer potentially powerful tools to improve health, contribute to poverty elimination and speed up the process of human development. But there is a 'real risk' of marginalising poor people and poor countries. Moving from potential to real benefit is a challenge. How can ICT activities foster empowerment rather than lead to new dependencies? How can the potential of ICTs be 'harnessed systematically' to bring about improvements in the health of the poor? Learning lessons from previous attempts to transfer technology is essential. Panos refers to a history of 'failed initiatives to transfer technologies to developing countries', caused in part by a lack of participation by the supposed beneficiaries. Ethical issues abound when introducing technology into a society. Concepts to consider include: who has access to and control of the technology, what resources are needed to sustain and maintain it, who benefits and who is left out, whose needs are being met and what the risks are.
http://www.healthcomms.org/pdf/findings1.pdf
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- India's Decade of Development
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India has a chance for a tremendous breakthrough in economic development during the current decade. India's political system is more than ever in consensus about the basic direction of reforms. The current government enjoys a strong electoral mandate. A decade of opening of the economy has produced new dynamism, most dramatically in the Information Technology sector, but in others as well. The world is waking up to India's crucial role as the largest democracy and as a dynamic economy, if still a low-income one on average. The new technologies (especially information technology and biotechnology) give new opportunities for economic and social development. India should set major national goals of development. These goals will help to galvanize domestic public opinion in support of the objectives of development, provide a gauge against which to judge the progress of policies, and help the world community to appreciate the efforts underway, and support them through increased flows of foreign investment. (Nirupam Bajpai and Jeffrey Sachs, 2000)
http://www.cid.harvard.edu/cidwp/046.htm
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- Info kiosks in every village by 2007 - a reality or myth?
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The need for accelerating the pace of ICT enabled interventions towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the Indian context makes it imperative to look closely on their potential to cover over six lakhs villages in the country within a shorter span of time. One would require picking up the leaves out of these interventions that show us the potential for accelerated up scaling of these interventions. Moreover, an understanding of the key supporting requirements both at the macro policy level and mapping of demand and supply of services at the micro level (or community/individual level) would be critical to provide the necessary momentum for ICT4D initiatives in India. Towards this end, OneWorld South Asia is seeking to initiate an online discussion over the next six weeks. The major themes identified are : Scalability, Sustainability and Collaboration. The sectoral focus within each of these themes would be on Education, Health and Livelihoods.
http://www.dgroups.org/groups/infokiosks/
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- Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and Poverty Reduction in Sub Saharan Africa [PDF]
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By Richard Gerster and Sonja Zimmermann (Gerster Consulting: October 2003). This report is a Learning Study for the Building Digital Opportunities programme (BDO). The programme is co-funded by the Department for International Development (DFID, UK), the Directorate General for International Co-operation (DGIS, Netherlands), the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC, Switzerland) and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). Its purpose is to identify and help remove some of the key barriers to poverty-focused information and communication technologies (ICTs) for development. The BDO achievements demonstrate that ICTs can contribute significantly to poverty reduction in all three dimensions of empowerment, opportunity and security, and to an attainment of the Multilateral Development Goals (MDGs).
http://www.gersterconsulting.ch/docs/Synthesis_report.pdf
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- Information and knowledge management: challenges for capacity builders
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This brief explores ways to improve 'information' capacity building activities in developing countries. Focusing on the capacity building process, it presents some principles and key questions for actors in this area. It concludes with a call for capacity 'builders' to invest more in knowledge sharing as a way to improve the relevance of their efforts.
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- Information Economy Report 2005 [PDF 587.61 KB]
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United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, 2005. This report 2005 is being published to coincide with the second phase of the World Summit on the Information Society, at which the international community is expected to agree on further steps to realize the full potential of ICTs. The Report highlights the extent to which developing countries are striving to close the gap that separates the "information haves and have-nots". It also describes the enormous challenges the world still faces in key areas such as increasing access to the Internet and strengthening the security of the online environment. Most important, it shows that when there is awareness, political will and stakeholder involvement in national "e-strategies", progress in the use of ICTs for development is already an exciting reality.
http://www.unctad.org/en/docs/sdteedc20051_en.pdf
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- Information for Development Program (infoDev)
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infoDev began in September 1995 with the objective of addressing the obstacles facing developing countries in an increasingly information-driven world economy. It is a global grant program managed by the World Bank to promote innovative projects on the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) for economic and social development, with a special emphasis on the needs of the poor in developing countries.
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- Information Management for Development Organisations
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This book, available online, is concerned with ways in which development organisations can use information to make themselves more effective.
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/what_we_do/resources/infomgt.html
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- Insights into Participatory Video: a handbook for the field
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"Insights into Participatory Video: a handbook for the field", written by PV facilitators Nick and Chris Lunch of Insight, has just appeared. This 125-page booklet is a practical guide to setting up and running PV projects. It draws on experience in PV in several countries including Central Asia, the Himalayan region and UK. Helpful tips for the facilitator clarify how to use video to encourage a lively, democratic process. Descriptions of games and exercises to introduce PV and case studies are illustrated with cartoons and photographs. A selection of video films made by local people and a training film are included in the accompanying CD-ROM. The preparation and publication of this book and CD-ROM were supported by the UNDP Small Grants Programme of the Global Environmental Fund (GEF), Prolinnova, Compas and the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) at the University of Sussex in the UK. The booklet and CD-ROM can be obtained for GBP £12 (inc P&P) from Nick Lunch, Insight UK Office, 3 Maidcroft Road, Oxford OX4 3EN nlunch@insightshare.org . If you would like a review copy free of charge for a journal, contact the authors directly. For a free download version go to: http://www.insightshare.org/training_book.html Insight hold introductory & in-depth courses in PV facilitation. The next 5 day inroductory course takes place in Oxford, UK from June 19th-23rd, contact: clunch@insightshare.org. For more information on Insight's work in PV, see also their website www.insightshare.org
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- InterConnection - enhancing NGO internet visibility
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InterConnection is a Seattle-based NGO that works to make Internet technology accessible to under-served communities around the world. It provides other nonprofits and NGOs with refurbished computers and websites in order to enhance their visibility. In this way NGOs in the developing world obtain a web presence so that they will be more visible to potential clients, funders, and allies. Since 1999 they have supported over 70 organizations in 23 countries, for example providing websites to Habitat For Humanity Belize, Leaders of Tomorrow Foundation in Ghana, the Ntulume Village Women's Development Association in Uganda, and IEARN in Trinidad and Tobago. (from www.digitaldivide.net)
http://www.interconnection.org/
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- International Development Markup Language
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The IDML Initiative was formed to discuss the possibility of a International Development Markup Language, or IDML, for the international development community. IDML would become a data exchange standard for information that is specific to international development, making it much easier to share information with regional offices, partner agencies and with the public. It will also be easier to find and manage information about who is doing what, and where. This is a global standards-setting activity which will have radical implications for development planning over the next 10-20 years. We urge all sectors of the development community to participate. Whether you belong to a multilateral, private sector, charitable, academic, or non-governmental organization, add your voice to this collaborative effort.
http://www.idmlinitiative.org/
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- International Telecommunication Union
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The ITU, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland is an international organization within the United Nations System where governments and the private sector coordinate global telecom networks and services.
(Added: Wed Apr 16 2003 Modified: Wed Dec 07 2005 Hits: 127)
- Internet Governance Priorities for Asia-Pacific [PDF]
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UNDP Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme, April 2005. The regional survey on Internet governance is part of UNDP Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme's (UNDP-APDIP) efforts to carry out an Open Regional Dialogue on Internet Governance (ORDIG) in order to make Internet governance more inclusive, development-oriented and responsive to the specific needs of stakeholders in the Asia-Pacific region.
http://igov.apdip.net/ORDIG.Survey.Report.pdf
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- Inventing a Better Future: A Strategy for Building Worldwide Capacities in Science and Technology (pdf)
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InterAcademy Council. In a world moving rapidly toward the knowledge-based economies of the 21st century, capacity building in science and technology (S&T) is necessary everywhere. But the need is greatest for the developing countries. INVENTING A BETTER FUTURE is a call for global movement to build science and technology capacities in all nations. It addresses the general public and specifically decisionmakers-in national and local governments, international intergovernmental organizations, the research communities, national academies, S&T organizations, foundations, the private sector, nongovernmental organizations, and the media. The purpose of the report is to help mobilize concern among all these parties and to trigger actions, recommending ways in which interactions among them could be usefully pursued. The growing sense of cooperation among scientific and technological communities of different countries and regions is highlighted as especially important in making these ideas and paths more practical now than ever before.
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- John Daly's Thoughts About K4D
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This is a web log dealing with issues of knowledge and information for development. Entries are made most days. Archives are available since December 2002. Content includes links to interesting online resources, essays on various topics, comments on occassional meetings and conferences, and some news.
http://stconsultant.blogspot.com/
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- Kabissa: space for change in Africa
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Kabissa makes technology a force for change in Africa, by providing grassroots organizations with Internet services and training, helping them to do what they do better.
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- Leapfrog strategies for Vietnam's digital economy.
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By Garth Graham. Hanoi, VCIT, January 10, 2001. (pdf). "the impact two-way and group online communication will have on closed systems of governance." Since Vietnam was and is a hard context for the political, I stated the case in "economic" terms and often resorted to that wonderful development euphemism "structure." That may not be quite as honest as you seek. But the paper was translated into Vietnamese and was well circulated in Vietnam's social science community. It turns out that social scientists play a greater role in public policy in Vietnam than they do in, for example, Canada. The ideas did influence a change in the direction of public policy on development planning in Vietnam, and that change is still playing itself out.
http://www.gaia.ca/appendixe.pdf
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- Measuring the ICT Society: ICT indicators for development
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The Measuring ICT Website provides information on the development of ICT statistics and indicators worldwide, with an emphasis on supporting ICT policies and the information economies in developing countries.
http://new.unctad.org/default____575.aspx
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- Message to aid workers: Go mobile - or get lost!
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Nalaka Gunawardene challenges those working in the field of development to make more effective use of mobile phone technology in disaster relief and humanitarian aid communication. According to the author, "All available indicators suggest that the future of humanitarian assistance is going to be largely dependent on mobile communications." (Moving Images, 26 October 2007)
http://movingimages.wordpress.com/2007/10/26/message-to-aid-workers-go-mobile-or-get-lost/
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- Microsoft in human rights row
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Technology sold by Microsoft to the Chinese government has been used by Beijing to censor the internet, and resulted in the jailing of its political opponents. An Amnesty International report has cited Microsoft among a clutch of leading computer firms heavily criticised for helping to fuel 'a dramatic rise in the number of people detained or sentenced for internet-related offences' (The Observer, February 1, 2004).
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,6903,1136045,00.html
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- MobileActive.org
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MobileActive is a global network of people (and their tools, projects, and resources) focused on the use of mobile phones in civil society. We expand access to knowledge, ideas and experience about the use of mobile technology; reduce learning costs for civil society organizations; accelerate the use of effective tactics in campaigns; and provide a comprehensive platform for data on mobile projects and mobile use around the world.
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