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"Acacia’s mission is very straightforward; it is to support research on ICTs that improve livelihood opportunities, enhance social service delivery, and empower citizens while building the capacity of African researchers and research networks. Towards that end, Acacia has identified three core res ... more

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Towards an African E-Index: SME E-Access and Usage Across 14 African Countries

Braamfontein: Research ICT Africa (2006), x, 152 pp.

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Principles of Awareness-Raising for Information Literacy: A Case Study

Richard Sayers

Bangkok: UNESCO (2006), x, 114 pp.

"This handbook introduces the principles of public awareness-raising with particular emphasis on global efforts to promote awareness of Information Literacy. Information Literacy is defined by the Association of College and Research Libraries in the United States as "the set of skills needed to find ... more

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Exploring New Modalities: Experiences with Information and Communications Technology Interventions in the Asia-Pacific Region: A Review and Analysis of the Pan-Asia ICT R&D Grants Programme

Michael Dougherty

Bangkok; New Delhi: Elsevier (2006), x, 155 pp.

"This book is a review of 56 projects funded by the Pan-Asia ICT R&D Grants Programme for Asia-Pacific from 2002-2005. The aim of this book is to examine trends within these particular information and communications technology (ICT) projects in order to determine factors for success, and, common cha ... more

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Handlungsempfehlungen für den Einsatz von Informations und Kommunikationstechnologien (IKT) in den Sektoren der deutschen Entwicklungszusammenarbeit

Andrea Goetzke, Andreas Stamm

Eschborn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) (2006), 63 pp.

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Comunicación sostenible y desarrollo humano en la sociedad de la información

Juan Carlos Miguel de Bustos

Madrid: Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID) (2006), 228 pp.

"La relación entre comunicación y cultura es un binomio indisoluble, buscar una fórmula equitativa en el perfeccionamiento del mismo, asumir que la participación constituye una de las dimensiones principales de la sociedad de la información; o que la planificación de objetivos en los países e ... more

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Pro-Poor ICT Project Report – Tanzania: A Community-Owned Network

Beda Mutagahywa, Respickius Casmir, Theophilus E. Mlaki

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"As part of its initiatives to make Information and Communication Technology (ICT) work for the poor, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in collaboration with four countries in east Africa initiated and carried out a joint project on Pro-Poor ICT. The said countries are Kenya, Rwanda, T ... more

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Desarrollo humano en Chile: Las nuevas tecnologías: ¿un salto al futuro?

Eugenio Ortega R., Pedro Güell V. (eds.)

Santiago de Chile: Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD) (2006), 270 pp.

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Auslandsmärkte als Chance: Die deutsche ITK-Wirtschaft

Berlin: Bundesverband Informationswirtschaft, Telekommunikation und neue Medien (BITKOM);Auswärtiges Amt (2006), 498 pp.

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Ecrire sur les TIC et la lutte contre la pauvreté: Guide pratique à l'intention des journalistes

Maurille Setondji Quenum, Isidore Beau-Clair Vieira

Dakar: Panos Afrique de l'Ouest (2006), 46 pp.

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Guidebook on Developing Community E-Centres in Rural Areas: Based on the Malaysian Experience

Bangkok: United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) (2006), 65 pp.

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Local Information Networks: Social and Technological Considerations

Seema Nair, Megan Jennaway, Andrew Skuse

New Delhi: UNESCO (2006), 82 pp.

"This publication aims at understanding the nature and importance of various configurations of social and technological networks in community settings that combine to form a Local Information Networks (LIN). In this study LINs are conceptualised as comprising of two very different elements: one soci ... al, the other technological. Disaggregating the social and technological dimensions of local information networks helps us to understand how they work in practice and how they might be strengthened to bring greater social and economic benefits to the poor communities in which they are located. Hence, in both a practical and theoretical sense, a local information network can be thought of as a larger living field of social connections and communicative that determines the nature of information flow. On the technological side, the ICTs respond to specific local information needs expressed by recipient communities. On the social side, the combination of technological and human capacities embodied in a given intervention is superimposed upon a pre-existing field of social relationships. The three initiatives have been selected for the ways in which they demonstrate the use of social and technological elements within the local environment. Namma Dhwani and Nabanna were established through UNESCO’s Information and Communication Technologies for Poverty Reduction project, developed under UNESCO’s crosscutting theme on the eradication of poverty, especially extreme poverty. Akshaya on the other hand, is a State Government of Kerala initiative aimed at ICT literacy. The study concludes with the understanding that the technical dimensions of communication can never be fully divorced from the social if ICTs are to genuinely reach the poor with the information they need. Investment in social networks is critical since traditional forms of communication like word-of-mouth remains the most powerful, intimate and effective form of communication available to the very poor. The study also highlights the importance of local content production and the need to involve communities in the content creation process as key to achieving success is the quality, reliability and relevance of the information communicated." (Foreword) more

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Globale Medienkultur: Technik, Geschichte, Theorien

Frank Hartmann

Wien: Facultas wuv (2006), 239 pp.

"Die moderne Kommunikation hat eine weltumspannende Medienkultur geschaffen. Diese beginnt im neunzehnten Jahrhundert, führt von der Verlegung des ersten Tiefseekabels bis zu den ersten Satelliten und weiter zur Oberfläche der Web-Welt, die den Erfahrungswandel der Medien als Interface-Kultur äst ... more

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Handy: Eine Herausforderung für die Pädagogik

Günther Anfang, Kathrin Demmler, Jürgen Ertelt, Ulrike Schmidt (eds.)

München: kopaed (2006), 134 pp.

"Im Theorieteil werden grundlegende Erkenntnisse in Zusammenhang mit dem Handy vermittelt. Im praktischen Teil werden zunächst Handlungsnotwendigkeiten und Konzepte der medienpädagogischen Praxis skizziert, bevor abschließend Jugendportale und Angebote rund ums Handy vorgestellt werden. Der Anhan ... more

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Evaluation Report on Communications and Information Policy Programme

Debbie Budlender

Association for Progressive Communications (APC) (2006), 55 pp.

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digital.life: ITU Internet Report 2006

Geneva: ITU (2006), 134 pp.

"This report, entitled “digital.life” is the eighth in the series of “ITU Internet Reports”, originally launched in 1997 under the title “Challenges to the Network”. This edition has been specially prepared for ITU TELECOM WORLD, to be held in Hong Kong, China, from 4-8 December 2006. [. ... more

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Die sozialen und wirtschaftlichen Implikationen der Mobiltelefonie in Ruanda: Eine Typologie unter dem Gesichtspunkt Telefonbesitz und Telefonzugang

Jonathan Donner

In: Daumenkultur: das Mobiltelefon in der Gesellschaft

Peter Glotz; Stefan Bertschi; Chris Locke (eds.)

Bielefeld: transcript (2006), pp. 41-59

"Trotz der Herausforderungen bei der telefonischen Erschließung abgelegener Gegenden bietet der Besitz eines Handys für Millionen individueller Nutzer im gesamten Afrika südlich der Sahara auf jeden Fall signifikante wirtschaftliche und soziale Vorteile und Möglichkeiten. Besonders wertvoll ist, ... more

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Making it Work: 10 Years of People, ICT and Development with IICD

Laura Juntunen

The Hague: International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD) (2006), 49 pp.

"In 2006 IICD celebrates its 10th anniversary of working with Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) for development: ten very full years of working on people, ICT and development. And if one thing has become clear, it is that while ICT for develop ment forms the central theme in our work ... more