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Enabling the Digital Revolution in Sub-Saharan Africa: What Role for Policy Reforms?
World Bank Group (2017), 61 pp.
"I am glad to introduce the third edition of a series of reports aimed at discussing macroeconomic developments in the Central African Republic, Chad, Guinea, Mali, and Niger. This series intends to foster public debates on key macroeconomic and fiscal policy options in support of poverty reduction.
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World Development Report 2016: Digital Dividends
Washington, DC: World Bank (2016), xxiii, 330 pp.
"Digital technologies have spread rapidly in much of the world. Digital dividends—the broader development benefits from using these technologies—have lagged behind. In many instances digital technologies have boosted growth, expanded opportunities, and improved service delivery. Yet their aggreg
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Quand l'Afrique réinvente la téléphonie mobile
Paris: L'Harmattan (2015), 259 pp.
"Entre hybridation et réinvention, les pratiques communicationnelles liées à la téléphonie mobile offrent des perspectives de recherche stimulantes. Pour les opérateurs de téléphonie, il s’ouvre un réel champ, où d’observation en expérimentation, se créent de nouvelles offres. Au-del
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Technologies of Choice? ICTs, Development, and the Capabilities Approach
Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press (2013), xii, 267 pp.
"Drawing on Amartya Sen's capabilities approach to development - which shifts the focus from economic growth to a more holistic, freedom-based idea of human development - Dorothea Kleine examines the relationship between ICTs, choice, and development. Kleine proposes a conceptual framework, the Choi
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Mapping Digital Media: India
London: Open Society Foundations, Open Society Media Program (2012), 155 pp.
"The United Nations pointed out in 2010 that more Indians have access to a mobile phone than to a toilet. There are over 800 million mobile connections, although the number of unique users (excluding inactive connections) is estimated at around 600 million. Together with the fact that 60 percent of
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Information Economy Report 2010: ICTs, Enterprises and Poverty Alleviation
Geneva: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (2010), xvii, 154 pp.
"The Information Economy Report 2010 focuses on the nexus of ICTs, enterprises and poverty alleviation. Whereas the knowledge base needs to grow considerably, the evidence presented in this Report suggests that more attention should be given by policymakers and other stakeholders to this new set of
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The APC ICT Policy Handbook
Key Guides
Association for Progressive Communications (APC), 2nd revised ed. (2009), 227 pp.
El papel de las TIC en el desarrollo: Propuesta de América Latina a los retos económicos actuales
Madrid; Barcelona: Fundación Telefónica; Ariel (2009), xii, 191 pp.
Internet Access for Development
Paris: OECD (2009), 108 pp.
ICTs for Development: Improving Policy Coherence
Paris: OECD (2009), 203 pp.
Information Society Statistical Profiles 2009: Africa
Geneva: ITU (2009), v, 66 pp.
"This report highlights the latest ICT developments in the region and includes key statistical information for every country. It features a regional analysis of the ITU ICT Development Index (IDI) and the ICT Price Basket, two ICT benchmarking tools that were launched in March 2009. The report point
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Digital Review of Asia Pacific 2007-2008: Reports on 31 Economies and 2 Sub-Regional Associations
New Dehli: Sage India; Orbicom; International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2008), xv, 373 pp.
"This edition (2007/2008) continues the tradition of providing an analytical overview of the state of ICT4D in Asia Pacific. It covers 31 countries and economies, including North Korea for the first time. Each country chapter is an attempt to provide a relatively comprehensive coverage of the variou
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Global Information Society Watch 2007: Focus on Participation
Association for Progressive Communications (APC) (2007), 215 pp.
"The experience of citizen involvement in public policy advocacy around the world has shown that the status quo tends to prevail unless political will to implement change is strengthened by active citizen participation. A “Global Information Society Watch” is needed to make governments and inter
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Survey of ICT and Education in Africa: A Summary Report Based on 53 Country Surveys
Deep Insights
Washington, DC: World Bank (2007), xi, 58 pp.
"This project seeks to gather together in a single resource the most relevant and useful information on ICT in education activities in Africa. Key questions: How are ICTs currently being used in the education sector in Africa, and what are the strategies and policies related to this use? What are th
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Media, Culture and Politics in Indonesia
Jakarta: Equinox (2007), x, 245 pp.
Frequently Asked Questions About Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships in ICTs for Development: A Guide for National ICT Policy Animators
Association for Progressive Communications (APC) (2007), 31 pp.
"Partnerships between the public sector, the private sector and particularly civil society in promoting information and communication technology (ICT) policy are a relatively new venture. The mechanisms, management and governance of such partnerships, from loose arrangements to more formal mechanism
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Digital Poverty: Latin American and Caribbean Perspectives
Warwickshire; Ottawa: Practical Action Publishing; International Development Research Centre (IDRC) (2007), 161 pp.
Information Economy Report 2006: The Development Perspective
New York; Geneva: United Nations (2006), 314 pp.
