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Information and Communications for Development 2018: Data-Driven Development
Washington, DC: World Bank (2019), xxi, 152 pp.
"This report shows how governments in developing countries can enhance their use of data to provide better services to citizens. It also shows how the business sector is starting to capitalize on data for competitive advantage. For citizens, the report argues that new tools can allow them to take mo
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Was Bits und Bäume verbindet: Digitalisierung nachhaltig gestalten
München: oekom Verlag (2019), 144 pp.
"Knapp 2.000 Menschen zog die ‹Bits & Bäume› im November 2018 an die Technische Universität Berlin. Dieser Zuspruch verdeutlicht die Lücke, die wir mit unserer Veranstaltung gefüllt haben: Digitalisierung und Nachhaltigkeit als zwei wesentliche aktuelle Herausforderungen unserer Gesellscha
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Sustainable Digitalization: Guidelines for a Digitalization We Need for the Future We Want
Berlin: German NGO Forum on Environment and Development (2019), 8 pp.
"If digitalization truly is an element of great social change, it has to be sustainable, fair, and relevant to all people and working for the common good. Without proper discussions on benefits or risk, without democratic control and regulations, technologies have the potential to lead to more and n
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Blockchain: A World Without Middlemen? Promise and Practice of Distributed Governance
Bonn; Eschborn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (2019), 91 pp.
"Before reaching a conclusive answer on the potential of blockchain for development purposes, we believe it is worthwhile to implement a number of proofs-of-concept and pilot projects for the most promising use cases. These will not only help us determine the practical benefits of distributed ledger
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Steering AI and Advanced ICTs for Knowledge Societies: A Rights, Openness, Access, and Multi-Stakeholder Perspective
Paris: UNESCO (2019), 197 pp.
"This report recognizes artificial intelligence (AI) as an opportunity to achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), through its contribution to building inclusive knowledge societies. Based on UNESCO’s Internet Universality ROAM framework agreed by UNESCO’s Member States i
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China, Africa, and the Future of the Internet
Deep Insights
London: Zed Books (2019), xi, 192 pp.
"Featuring a wealth of interviews with a variety of actors – from Chinese and African journalists in Chinese media to Chinese workers for major telecommunication companies – this highly original book demonstrates how China is both contributing to the 'Africa rising' narrative while exploiting th
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Impact Report 2017-2019: Make-IT in Africa. Successfully Promoting Tech Entrepreneurship and the Innovation Ecosystems of Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria and Tunisia
Bonn; Eschborn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (2019), 71 pp.
"Make-IT started as a "laboratory" for new types of partnerships between development organisations, business, finance and entrepreneurs. After 2 years of implementation experience, we can proudly say that we have successfully combined the strengths of the public and private sectors to promote digita
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BMZ Toolkit 2.0: Digitalisierung in der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit
Key Guides
Bonn, Berlin: Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ) (2019), 221 pp.
Global Justice 4.0: The Impacts of Digitalisation on the Global South
Deep Insights
Berlin: Brot für die Welt (2019), 74 pp.
"This publication discusses the extent to which digital technology can help tackle poverty and social inequality. Does it increase or restrict the opportunities for social and economic participation open to disadvantaged people? We analyse the history of e-commerce in the light of this question. We
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Instrumentalising the Digital: Adolescents’ Engagement with ICTs in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Development in Practice, volume 28, issue 3 (2018), pp. 432-443
"In development agendas regarding children in low-income communities, both older and emerging media are typically ignored or assumed to have beneficial powers that will redress social and gender inequality. This article builds on a recent rapid evidence review on adolescents’ digital media use and
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Le numérique et le développement des Suds
Communication, Technologie et Développement, issue 5 (2018), pp. 8-145
Empowerment as Development: An Outline of an Analytical Concept for the Study of ICTs in the Global South
"It is a certainty that the proliferation of ICTs (mobile phones in particular) has opened up a range of possibilities and new avenues for individuals, aid agencies, and NGOs. However, overviews of communication supposedly for development reveal a field based on economic understandings of developmen
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Entwicklungszusammenarbeit 4.0: Digitalisierung und globale Verantwortung
Baden-Baden: Nomos (2018), 172 pp.
"Die internationale Entwicklungszusammenarbeit kann die Digitalisierung in ihrer Vielfalt nutzen, um ihre Ziele besser und schneller zu erreichen. Mit der Digitalisierung sind aber auch Risiken im Bereich Datenschutz, Arbeitswelt oder Zugang zum Internet verbunden. Wer profitiert von der „digitale
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Digital Innovation Made in Africa for Sustainable and Inclusive Development
Bonn; Eschborn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (2018), 48 pp.
"Innovative Entrepreneurship is one of the key drivers behind Africa’s digital transformation. For many young people, entrepreneurship is often the best way to achieve sustainable livelihoods. Innovative entrepreneurs know their local markets and understand the social context. This gives them a co
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The Digital Nonprofit Skills Assessment
NetHope (2018), 25 pp.
"This Digital Nonprofit Skills (“DNS”) Assessment is the second white paper in a series of benchmarks established by NetHope’s Center for the Digital Nonprofit that provide insight into the opportunities and challenges for transforming the nonprofit sector. The first white paper, the Digital N
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More Than Just Bitcoin: The Potential of Blockchain Technology, Using the Example of Latin America
KAS International Reports, issue 1 (2018), pp. 64-77
"Blockchain tehcnology (BT) can make a significant contribution to the future development of Latin America. It provides a robust alternative to weak state authorities in the fight for democratically legitimised laws and standards that have only been applied to a limited extent, or not at all. BT cou
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