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Women's Pathways to the Digital Sector: Stories of Opportunities and Challenges

Bonn: Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) (2017), 51 pp.
"For over a decade the international development community has been exploring how the use of digital technologies, including tools like the mobile phone, can extend the reach of development. At the same time, development organizations have grappled with how to use these technologies to make their ow ... more

Toolkit: Digitalisation in Development Cooperation and International Cooperation in Education, Culture and Media

Bonn, Berlin: Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ) (2016), 178 pp.
"The toolkit explores how digital instruments can be employed to meet the sector- and region-specific needs of those planning, managing and implementing DC/IC measures. It provides political decision-makers and DC/IC implementers with information on the kinds of digital applications that are relevan ... more

Toolkit: Digitalisation in Entwicklungszusammenarbeit und internationaler Zusammenabreit in Bildung, Kultur und Medien

Bonn; Berlin: Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ) (2016), 178 pp.
"The toolkit explores how digital instruments can be employed to meet the sector- and region-specific needs of those planning, managing and implementing DC/IC measures. It provides political decision-makers and DC/IC implementers with information on the kinds of digital applications that are relevan ... more
"The rapid development of the information society has accentuated the importance of digital divides, which refer to economic and social inequalities among populations due to differences in access to, use of, or knowledge of information and communication technologies (ICT). This book discusses the cu ... more

SDG ICT Playbook: From Innovation to Impact

NetHope;Intel;Catholic Relief Services (CRS);Microsoft;CDW (2015), 66 pp.
"The playbook addresses ten technology areas and explores how each might be applied to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). We provide a basic overview of each, discuss benefits, trends and challenges and make recommendations for what nonprofits, governments and the private sector can do ... more

Connect4Change: Final Report 2011-2015

International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD) (2015), 122 pp.
"Examines how policymakers, the donor community, and the private sector have prioritized and sequenced ICT initiatives in the aftermath of conflict. Case studies look at countries at different stages of post-conflict reconstruction in Afghanistan, Liberia, Rwanda and Timor-Leste, and postrevolution ... more

Organizational Guide to ICT4D: Leveraging Technology for International Development

NetHope;Catholic Relief Services (CRS);Health Communication Capacity Collaborative;Microsoft (2014), 40 pp.
"This guide gives practical guidance to building organizational capacity in ICT4D. Drawing from the experience of the international development community, this guide connects established principles with processes for implementing new technology. 1. Why should I be interested in ICT4D and what does i ... more

Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien (IKT): Schlüsseltechnologien für nachhaltige Entwicklung

Bonn; Berlin: Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ) (2013), 32 pp.

Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologie in der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit

In: Einführung in die Entwicklungspolitik
Hartmut Ihne; Jürgen Wilhelm (eds.)
Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2013), pp. 338-348
"Sustainable development meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. In contrast to the more economically and politically oriented approach in traditional views on sustainable development, the central idea in alternative, more partic ... more

Information and Communication Technologies for Development

International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED);Sustainable Food Lab (2012), 33 pp.
"Despite the massive uptake of mobile phones by agricultural producers, there are few quantitative studies that provide hard evidence of a link between technology and poverty reduction. Those studies that have explored this, however, found that farmer access to market information through radio, mobi ... more
"A critical review of project reports, studies, and evaluations was conducted to distil lessons learned and find out what really works and why. The results of this review are close to a paradigm shift: Starting as a magic solution from its beginnings, ICTs are now considered as just another normal m ... more

The Transformative Role of Mobile Financial Services and the Role of German Development Cooperation

Eschborn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (2011), 63 pp.
"This document presents a ‘’state-of-the-art’’ review of branchless banking. It examines existing trends, extracts insightful lessons from past experiences and articulates the main challenges ahead with regards to the transformative role of branchless banking. It is also designed to link dev ... more

IT Sector Promotion in Developing and Emerging Countries: Manual

Bonn; Eschborn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Sector Project Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D) (2011), 123 pp.
"The manual and the toolbox seek to address the following question: how to maximise the contribution of the IT industry in developing and emerging countries towards sustainable economic development and poverty reduction? In order to achieve this, the Manual analyses the obstacles impeding the compet ... more