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Connected farmers: A casebook of good practices and inspiring stories from Europe and Central Asia
Budapest: FAO (2024), vi, 127 pp.
Artificial Intelligence and International Cultural Relations: Challenges and Opportunities for Cross-Sector Collaboration
Stuttgart: Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (ifa) (2024), 120 pp.
"The integration of AI systems has profoundly transformed multiple dimensions of international cultural relations (ICR). Notably, changes in recent years have accentuated imbalances among languages, affected the situation of cultural sectors, and impacted the integrity of information while also prov
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Towards Digital Inclusion in Rural Transformation
Rome: FAO (2024), xiii, 113 pp.
The promises and pitfalls of cryptocurrencies and blockchain for marginalized communities
Information, Communication & Society, volume 28, issue 11 (2024), pp. 1979-1996
"Cryptocurrencies, and the blockchain technology that underlies them, have attracted much attention over the last decade from scholars, tech communities, financial institutions, states and more. The extreme volatility of the cryptocurrency market has made some people very rich and cost others almost
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"The findings reveal that 44% of CSOs are currently utilizing AI tools, with generative AI being the most popular, while 96% of non-users are considering future integration. However, 54% have not yet adopted AI. Perceptions of AI’s impact on job security vary, with 48% seeing no threat, 13% percei
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United Nations Activities on Artificial Intelligence (AI) 2023
Geneva: ITU (2024), xviii, 366 pp.
"The main conclusions drawn from the analysis of online opinions during natural disasters in Africa are highlighted below:
● Climate change is one of the main concerns of the African population in recent years. This climate problem is considered to be causing more and greater natural disasters on
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Impact Assessment: Rural Household Devices Project Program of the Uganda Communications Universal Service Access Fund (UCUSAF)
Alexandria, VA; Kampala: Global Digital Inclusion Partnership; Uganda Communications Commission (2024), 46 pp.
"The impact assessment underscores the commendable achievements of the Rural Household Devices project. By December 2023, the initiative had successfully reached 54 districts and impacted 10,706 households. The outcomes are multifaceted and transformative, with a substantial number of beneficiaries
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Using social media for agricultural information dissemination: The role of informant-recipient homogeneity
Journal of Developpment Effectiveness (2024), 28 pp.
"This study uses a randomised experiment targeting wheat producers in Ethiopia to examine the impact of providing market price information through Facebook on farmers’ sales behaviour. To identify the effect of informant homogeneity, we distinguished the informants’ nationality as either Ethiopi
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A return of dominant paradigm in China: Making Alibaba a development solution for rural China and the globe
Information, Communication & Society (2024), 21 pp.
"In 2011, Alibaba launched the Taobao Villages initiative, which enables rural e-commerce and connects rural sellers with urban buyers, highlighting the role of e-commerce platforms in reducing rural poverty. This approach was later integrated into national rural development policies. As the Digital
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Assessing the digital readiness and communication ecosystem of rural youth: Methodological guidelines
Rome: FAO (2024), vi, 92 pp.
Future directions for context in ICT4D: A systematic literature review
Information Development (2024), 21 pp.
"The digital divide between the Global South and North has been a major concern for researchers from various fields in the past two decades. This divide has led to an increased focus on research related to information and communication technology for development (ICT4D) and other relevant discipline
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USAID Digital Policy 2024-2034
USAID (2024), 46 pp.
"For nearly 50 years, USAID has been a leader in supporting digital transformation around the world. This Policy now sets the course for USAID to continue advancing development and humanitarian outcomes in an ever-accelerating digital age. The Agency will strive to improve our ability to meet the ne
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Rural communication services: Trends and experiences in Asia and the Pacific
Rome: FAO (2024), vii, 79 pp.
