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IoT for Development: Use Cases Delivering Impact
London: GSMA (2023), 66 pp.
Improving Farmer Livelihoods Through Digitised Agricultural Value Chains: Results and Lessons from the GSMA Innovation Fund
London: GSMA (2023), 143 pp.
"Digital agriculture services supported by the GSMA Innovation Fund were scaled across 17 value chains and profiled more than 1.4 million farmers combined. Most of the farmers profiled are male (70.3%), smallholder farmers cultivating on less than two hectares of land (79.3%) and over 40 years of ag
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Africa Digital Rights Fund
Kampala: CIPESA, April 18 (2023)
"The Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA) is calling for proposals to support digital rights work across Africa. The current call is particularly interested in proposals for work related to: data governance including aspects of data localisation, cross-bord
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Mapping Participation in ICT4D: A Meta-Analytic Review of Development Communication Research
International Communication Gazette, volume 85, issue 2 (2023), pp. 141-163
"We conducted a meta-analytic study of recent (2009 to 2020) information and communication technologies for development (ICT4D) research in the field of development communication. Our aim was to explore the conceptualization of participation in the context of ICTs and globalization in contemporary s
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Digital Ecosystem Country Assessment (DECA): Mali
USAID, Digital Frontiers Project (2023), 99 pp.
"The Mali Digital Ecosystem Country Assessment (DECA) report presents the findings and recommendations of the Mali DECA. It outlines the key aspects of Mali’s digital ecosystem and provides 11 recommendations for creating a more inclusive, safe, and enabling environment. Guided by 3 USAID/Mali pri
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Digital Ecosystem Country Assessment (DECA) Toolkit: A How-To Guide for USAID Missions
USAID;Digital Frontiers;DAI (2022), 107 pp.
"The Digital Ecosystem Country Assessment (DECA) Toolkit is a step-by-step guide designed to help USAID Missions conduct high-quality research that will directly inform Mission strategic and programmatic decisions for digital development interventions. The DECA is the flagship initiative of the USAI
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Digital Strategy 2022-2025
New York: UNDP (2022), 51 pp.
"UNDP's Digital Strategy builds on the momentum created by the first strategy launched in 2018 and lays out a long-term vision for UNDP to 'help create a world in which digital is an empowering force for people and planet'. It outlines three interconnected objectives through which UNDP will support
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Cyber Capacity Building and Strategic Engagement with Africa: A New Mission for Germany and Europe
Potsdam: Friedrich Naumann Foundation (2022), 23 pp.
"The present paper sheds light on the current trends of cyber capacity building and its implications in Africa and beyond as well as on its actor landscape. It argues that Germany and Europe should strategically engage more with African countries in terms of cyber capacity building to avoid that the
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Towards a Digital Development Partnership That Meets African Interests
Washington, DC: Heinrich Böll Stiftung (2022), 24 pp.
"Africa has become a linchpin in the EU’s ambitions to support economic development, particularly through digital transformation. The February 2022 EU-African Union (AU) Summit will provide an opportunity to present the EU’s Global Gateway not only in opposition to China’s Belt and Road Initia
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Digital Literacy Primer: How to Build Digital Literacy Into USAID Programming
USAID (2022), 82 pp.
"This Primer aims to: improve USAID staff's understanding of digital literacy; demonstrate how digital literacy contributes to broader global development goals; describe how digital literacy can be incorporated into various stages of the USAID program cycle; and detail ways in which different sector
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Digital Ecosystem Country Assessment (DECA): Nepal
USAID, Digital Frontiers Project (2022), 92 pp.
"Nepal’s digital ecosystem does not yet meet the needs of all Nepalis and runs the risk of falling further behind. Over the past decade, mobile phones, and mobile internet have become increasingly widespread in Nepal; however, the government’s capacity to implement digital policies and solutions
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Digital Ecosystem Country Assessment (DECA): Zambia
USAID, Digital Frontiers Project (2022), 83 pp.
"The Zambia Digital Ecosystem Country Assessment report outlines the key aspects of the country's digital ecosystem and provides recommendations for the international development community to create a more inclusive, safe, and enabling environment to achieve development outcomes." (https://www.usaid
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Digital Ecosystem Country Assessment (DECA): Peru
USAID, Digital Frontiers Project (2022), 82 pp.
"Key findings include: 1. Peru’s digital ecosystem is one of many contrasts. There have been sustained advances over the last 30 years in connectivity, digital literacy, digital rights, digital government, and the digital economy; 2. Challenges in digital policy implementation and coordination cap
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Digital Ecosystem Country Assessment (DECA): Moldova
USAID, Digital Frontiers Project (2022), 104 pp.
"Key findings include: Moldova is home to a competitive telecommunications market, affordable internet, and well developed internet infrastructure, much of which has been achieved over the last 10 years; cybersecurity implementation and capacity have not kept pace with policy development. The govern
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Digital Ecosystem Country Assessment (DECA): Libya
USAID, Digital Frontiers Project (2022), 85 pp.
"Key findings include: Connectivity infrastructure is fairly well developed in coastal urban areas but lags behind in Libya’s sparsely populated southern region; COVID-19 has accelerated the adoption of digital tools and services across sectors; however, Libyans are reluctant to adopt new tools du
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Digital Ecosystem Country Assessment (DECA): Eastern and Southern Caribbean
USAID, Digital Frontiers Project (2022), 118 pp.
"The Eastern and Southern Caribbean (ESC) Regional Digital Ecosystem Country Assessment (DECA) report presents the findings and recommendations of the DECA, covering 11 ESC countries: Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Saint Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent & the Grenad
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Digital Ecosystem Country Assessment (DECA): Uzbekistan
USAID, Digital Frontiers Project (2022), 116 pp.
"Key findings: Overcoming the digital divides between men and women and urban and rural populations requires long-term planning and resource commitments that include broad stakeholder engagement and coordination [...] The public’s appetite for online content is growing, but accessible, diverse, hi
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At the Confluence of Digital Rights and Climate & Environmental Justice: A Landscape Review
Engine Room;Ford Foundation;Ariadne European Funders for Social Change and Human Rights;Mozilla Foundation (2022), 90 pp.
"The aim of this report is to provide a landscape scan of how an extremely diverse set of communities and movements are working at intersections of technology, digital rights, environmental justice and climate justice. The report’s primary audiences are grantmakers and practitioners working in or
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Digital Development: Stories of Hope from Health and Social Development
Rugby: Practical Action Publishing (2022), xii, 164 pp.
"This book explores case studies across India, Kenya, Guatemala, Sri Lanka, and global, comparative settings, and asks what positive impact ICT applications (Health Information Systems, Pandemic response systems, Early Warning and Response Systems, Hospital Information System and Smartphone based Ap
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Strategische Neuausrichtung der Digitalpolitik des BMZ
Bonn; Berlin: Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ) (2022), 2 pp.
