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A Valuing Impact Toolkit for ICT Investment
NEF Consulting; Digital Impact Alliance (dial) (2020), 124 pp.
"ICT4D projects are known for having social, economic, and environmental impacts that are difficult to capture. Investments in digital infrastructure and innovation often have high up-front costs with largely medium-to-long-term benefits, not quick, short-term outcomes desired by policy makers. The
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Seed Alliance Consultancy: Final Report
Montevideo: Seed Alliance (2017), 8 pp.
"Since The Seed Alliance started in 2012, the three program partners (FRIDA, FIRE and ISIF) have supported 151 projects throughout Africa, Asia Pacific, Latin America and the Caribbean, helping to strengthen and promote the Information Society within these regions. From the beginning of the program,
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Virtual Change: Indicators for Assessing the Impact of ICTs in Development
Rome: FAO (2009), ix, 38 pp.
BCO Impact Assessment Study: The Final Report
London: BCO Building Communication Opportunities (2008), 192 pp.
"This report investigates the impact media and ICTs can have on the lives of the poor, based on the experiences of nine donors and NGOs forming part of the "Building Communication Opportunities (BCO)" alliance. It suggests that radio will have the most influence on social and political change where
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Compendium on Impact Assessment of ICT-for-Development Projects
Deep Insights
Ottawa: International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2008), iii, 155 pp.
"Billions of US dollars are invested each year by the public, NGO and private sectors in information and communication technologies for development (ICT4D) projects such as telecentres, village phone schemes, e-health and e-education projects, e-government kiosks, etc. Yet we have very little sense
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Monitoring and Evaluation of ICT in Education Projects: A Handbook for Developing Countries
Washington, DC: infoDev Information for Development Program (2005), viii, 88 pp.
"Th e present Handbook should be seen as a working document—rather than an academic study—that moves the field of ICT4E ahead in demonstrable ways. While it is more comprehensive than a manual, in that it provides conceptual and empirical approaches that are derived from the research and evidenc
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A Comparative Analysis of ICT for Development Evaluation Frameworks: Discussion Paper
Seattle: University of Washington Center for Internet Studies (2004), 44 pp.
"This study presents preliminary findings of the mounting efforts to develop systematic evaluation frameworks for ICT for Development programs. The evidence from these findings shows that there is increasing interest for understanding the impacts that ICT initiatives are having in realizing socioeco
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Information and Communication: Evaluation of IT Humanitarian Platforms and Their Possible Utilisation as Coordination Instruments
Amsterdam: European Commission (2002), 45 pp.
"Although it relies heavily on reliable information and long distance communication, the humanitarian community has never taken the lead in developing technologies that are particularly suited to its needs. Over the last decades it has greatly profited, however, from technological innovations in tel
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Evaluating the Internet as a Medium for the Dissemination of Development Research
Key Guides
Oxford: International NGO Training and Research Centre (INTRAC) (2001), 65 pp.
"Evaluations of the Internet and Development have tended to focus on the extent to which a websites content, or message, has affected development activities. This research examines the usage of the medium itself, by conducting an applied evaluative study of eight urban-focused websites disseminating
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