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"The manual and the toolbox seek to address the following question: how to maximise the contribution of the IT industry in developing and emerging countries towards sustainable economic development and poverty reduction? In order to achieve this, the Manual analyses the obstacles impeding the compet
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Dial “A” for Agriculture: A Review of Information and Communication Technologies for Agricultural Extension in Developing Countries
Washington, DC: Center for Global Development (2011), 36 pp.
"This article outlines the potential mechanisms through which ICT could facilitate agricultural adoption and the provision of extension services in developing countries. It then reviews existing programs using ICT for agriculture, categorized by the mechanism (voice, text, internet and mobile money
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Measuring the Impacts of Information and Communication Technology for Development
New York, Geneva: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (2011), v, 23 pp.
"This paper explores why measuring the impacts of information and communication technology (ICT) is important for development – and why it is statistically challenging. Measuring impacts in any field is difficult, but for ICT there are added complications because of its diversity and rapidly chang
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Freedomfone
freedomfone (2011), 117 pp.
"Freedom Fone allows anyone with a phone to access or contribute information on a specific issue 24 hours a day and seven days a week. It takes advantage of audio and text to address language and literacy barriers when reaching out to marginalised audiences that don't have access to other media. No
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Social Change and the Russian Network Society: Redefining Development Priorities in New Information Environments
Arcata, Calif.; Washington, DC: Internews (2011), 27 pp.
"This paper explores the use of new information technologies in Russia to examine the next generation of media development and to ask how the ability of the “network society” – and the new forms of collective action it allows to contribute to social change can be supported. Building on the ide
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The Impact of Information and Communication Technologies in the Middle East and North Africa
Cambridge, UK: RAND Corporation (2011), ix, 70 pp.
Early Experiences of Mobile Telephony: A Comparison of Two Villages in Papua New Guinea
In: Communication, Culture & Society in Papua New Guinea: Yu Tok Wanem?
Madang: DWU Press, Divine Word University (2011), pp. 157-169
Beyond ICT4D: New Media Research in Uganda
Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures (2011), 150 pp.
"Conducted in 2009 by a group of five Masters in New Media (humanities) students from the University of Amsterdam under the supervision of Geert Lovink the research examines both the role and implementation of ICTs in Uganda, covering a wide range of subcultures and projects, including internet cafe
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ICTs and Development in India: Perspectives on the Rural Network Society
London; New York: Anthem Press (2011), xii, 215 pp.
"ICTs and Development in India' is a unique attempt to study the nature and consequences of the growing presence of Information Technology in development projects in India." (Publisher description)
ICTs and Development in Zambia: Challenges and Opportunities
London: Panos London (2010), 8 pp.
Digital Solidarities, Communication Policy and Multi-Stakeholder Global Governance: The Legacy of the World Summit on the Information Society
New York et al.: Peter Lang (2010), xvii, 281 pp.
"Examines the actors, structures and themes that shaped the WSIS with a particular focus on the role played by civil society. The book investigates how civil society self-organization has continued post-WSIS through the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) and other policymaking venues, and reflects on w
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Can You Help me Now? Mobile Phones and Peacebuilding in Afghanistan
Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace (USIP) (2010), 15 pp.
"A decade ago, mobile phone usage in Afghanistan was almost nonexistent; now there are 13 million subscriptions for a total of 29 million citizens, and the annual growth rate of subscription is estimated at 53 percent. A number of factors have fueled this dramatic increase, including the sheer popul
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Study on Potentials of Mobile Phones in Investment and Development Projects
Rome: FAO (2010), 24 pp.
"The report draws on the experiences of projects using mobile phone-based information and communication technologies (ICT) applications in a number of situations, including mobile monitoring and evaluation, m-banking, community development, literacy, anti-corruption, agricultural extension and agric
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The Poverty of ICT Policy, Research, and Practice in Africa
Information Technologies & International Development, volume 6, issue Special edition (2010), pp. 79-88
"In responding to some of the major narratives in the literature on information communication technologies and development, this article attributes the relatively poor ICT policy outcomes in Africa, particularly regarding the deployment of information and communication technologies for poverty allev
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"There are increasing numbers of mobile-based projects, and donors such as the World Bank infoDev and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation continue to invest in mobiles for development (M4D). A scan of projects in the 14 focus countries for this study indicated that the most common sectors for inve
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World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report 2010: Monitoring the WSIS Targets - a Midterm Review
Geneva: ITU (2010), xxxvi, 217 pp.
"The year 2010 marks the midpoint between the Tunis phase of WSIS (2005) and the deadline for achieving the WSIS targets (2015), in line with the target date of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). This World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report presents a mid-term review of the progress mad
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Monitoring the WSIS Targets: A Mid-Term Review
Geneva: ITU (2010), xxxvi, 217 pp.
Gender Matters: Female Perspectives in ICT4D Research
[authors] (2010), 11 pp.
"We present our experience of gender as female ICT4D researchers. We highlight our field experiences and comment on our perceptions of how being a woman and performing our female identity has influenced our own ICT4D research. We discuss how gender tensions are further compounded by the researcher
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