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Other Side of the Divide: Latin American and Caribbean Perspectives on the WSIS

Luis Germán Rodríguez (ed.)

Caracas: Network on the Social Impact of the Information and Communication Technologies (RedISTIC) (2003), 71 pp.

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The Significance of Information and Communication Technologies for Reducing Poverty

Phil Marker, Kerry McNamara, Lindsay Wallace

London: Department for International Development (DFID) (2002), 64 pp.

"This study sets out, for DFID staff, the fundamental principles underlying a proposed approach to information and communication technologies (ICTs) and development, and draws from those principles a set of recommendations for DFID's priorities in this area. For the purposes of this study, ICTs are ... more

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La tecnología de información y de comunicaciones (TIC) en Nicaragua

Johan Ernberg, Maria Edith Acre

Stockholm: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) (2002), 73 pp.

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Information and Communication Technologies for Development: Present Situation, Perspectives and Potential Areas for German Technical Cooperation in Peru, Lao P.D.R., Tanzania and Uganda

Eschborn; Bonn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), Division 43;Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung (ZEF) (2002), 101 pp.

"The overall objective of this study was to provide a starting point for the involvement of development assistance in the promotion of ICTs for development. In the form of country studies we first tried to give insights into the ICT sectors along with stakeholders’ and other ICT-related activities ... more

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Information and Communication Technologies: A World Bank Group Strategy

Washington, DC: World Bank (2002), xv, 82 pp.

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Closing the Gap in Access to Rural Communications: Chile 1995-2002

Bjorn Wellenius

Washington, DC: World Bank (2002), ix, 52 pp.

"In 1994 the government established a Telecommunications Development Fund, financed by the national budget, to catalyze additional private investment in payphone service in rural and urban areas with low income and low telephone density. The Fund has been very successful. Between 1995 and 2000 it su ... pported the provision of payphone service to more than 6,000 rural localities with about 2.2 million inhabitants, thereby reducing the proportion of Chile's population living in places without access to basic voice communication from 15 percent in 1994 to 1 percent in 2002. In addition, some 25,000 individual rural telephone lines are being provided. The subsidies awarded cost the government less than 0.3 percent of total telecommunications sector revenue during the funding period, and Fund administration cost about 3 percent of the monies granted. The Fund's success was due largely to extensive reliance on market forces to determine and allocate subsidies, minimal regulatory intervention, simple and relatively expeditious processing, and effective government leadership. Competition among existing and new operators for the rural market and subsidies led to substantial reductions in cost to the government compared to earlier public sector investments in similar facilities. Commercial success has hinged on operators using the subsidized payphone infrastructures to also provide individual business and residential telephone lines and, subsequently, add value through new services (including voice mail and internet access in some areas) over this network. Interconnection was the single most important regulatory factor of commercial viability, with access charges in some cases surpassing 40 percent of rural operating revenues. The design of the Fund proved robust, and remains the leading example of a costeffective slution to reduce access gaps in basic communication in emerging economies. Some questions remain, however, about whether the services can be sustained in the long term, what to do with the small residual rural population still excluded, and whether anything needs to be done in urban areas. These questions-in addition to limited design improvements suggested by the Fund's experience, as well as work still in progress on quality standards and monitoring-are relevant to the Fund's proposed extension into more advanced modes of communication and access to information, as well as to other countries learning from the Chilean experience." (Executive summary) more

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Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Training of Trainers: Computer and Internet Use for Development. Facilitator Guide and Reference Manual

Washington, DC: Peace Corps (2002), iv, 127 pp.

"This Facilitator Guide and Reference Manual is to be used when training Volunteers and others who will serve as trainers in information and communication technology (ICT) during Volunteers’ Pre-Service Training (PST) or In-Service Training (IST). It outlines the format, materials, objectives, tim ... more

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Internet y sociedad en América Latina y el Caribe: Investigaciones para sustentar el diálogo

Marcelo Bonilla, Gilles Cliche (eds.)

Quito: FLACSO;International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2001), 615 pp.

"La presente obra recoge trabajos pioneros de investigación que reflexionan, a partir de una perspectiva cualitativa y etnográfica, cómo las nuevas tecnologías de información y comunicación en su aplicación al sistema escolar y a iniciativas de gestión local reproducen las pedagogías tradic ... more

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A Country ICT Survey for Mozambique: Final Report

Philip Esselaar, Olof Hesselmark, Tina James, Jonathan Miller

Stockholm: Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) (2001), 76 pp.

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Les technologies de l'information et de la communication et le developpement social au Senegal: Un etat des lieux

Olivier Sagna

Genève: United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) (2001), xiii, 61 pp.

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Informe sobre Desarrollo Humano Ecuador 2001: Las tecnologías de información y comunicación para el desarrollo humano

Marco Antonio Rocca, Fernando Pachano (eds.)

Quito: Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD) (2001), xxvi, 266 pp.

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Information and Communication Technology, Poverty, and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia

Miria Pigato

Washington, DC: World Bank (2001), 67 pp.

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Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien in der österreichischen Entwicklungszusammenarbeit

Wien: Österreichische Entwicklungszusammenarbeit (2001), 72 pp.

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Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien (IKT) in der deutschen Entwicklungszusammenarbeit

Bonn: Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ);Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) (2000), 17 pp.

"Die deutsche EZ betrachtet Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien als wirksame Instrumente in der Umsetzung der entwicklungspolitischen Leitlinien, der Sektor- und Länderkonzepte. IKT stellen keine autonomen Projektziele dar, sondern sind Mittel (Tools), diese zu erreichen. Die IKT-Dienstlei ... more

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Internet Access for All Programme

The Hague: HIVOS (2000), 22 pp.

"This paper isn’t a “traditional” policypaper, but a policy and action programme. It describes both the context and the general policy outline for Hivos (chapter 1-4) and concrete targets and strategies (chapter 5-7). These targets are formulated for four years; the year 2000 is a starting yea ... more

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