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Gender Matters: Female Perspectives in ICT4D Research
[authors] (2010), 11 pp.
"We present our experience of gender as female ICT4D researchers. We highlight our field experiences and comment on our perceptions of how being a woman and performing our female identity has influenced our own ICT4D research. We discuss how gender tensions are further compounded by the researcher
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La RD Congo dans la révolution numérique: Les enjeux actuels, les défis pour demain
Paris; Kinshasa: L'Harmattan; Centre d'Intelligence Stratégique et des Relations Internationales (2010), 177 pp.
"Cet ouvrage a pour ambition de poser les bases d'une réflexion globale sur les enjeux actuels de l'informatisation de la RDC : quels bénéfices et avantages la RDC tirera-t-elle d'une informatisation de toute la société ? A l'inverse, quels sont les effets pervers et autres manques qui résulte
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ICTs and Development in Zambia: Challenges and Opportunities
London: Panos London (2010), 8 pp.
ICTs for Development: Improving Policy Coherence
Paris: OECD (2009), 203 pp.
The APC ICT Policy Handbook
Key Guides
Association for Progressive Communications (APC), 2nd revised ed. (2009), 227 pp.
Digital Review of Asia Pacific 2009-2010
Montréal; Ottawa; New Delhi et al.: Orbicom; International Development Research Centre (IDRC); Sage (2009), xxvii, 391 pp.
"The biennial Digital Review of Asia Pacific is a comprehensive guide to the state-of-practice and trends in information and communication technologies for development (ICTD) in Asia Pacific. This fourth edition (2009-2010) features 30 economies and four subregional groupings. The chapters provide u
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Development Through Electronic Networks: Information and Communication Technologies in Africa
Deep Insights
Berlin: German Bundestag, Office of Technology Assessment (2009), 268 pp.
"Following an initiative of the Committee on Economic Co-operation and Development, the Office of Technology Assessment (TAB) at the German Bundestag (i.e. the German parliament) has carried out a project on the relevance of the Internet and other new information and communication technologies (ICTs
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Information Society Policies: Annual Report 2009
Paris: UNESCO, Information for All Programme (2009), 61 pp.
"The IFAP Annual World Report 2009 offers an overview of major international and national policy documents and highlights the most important trends of the information society during the last year. Information Society Policies. Annual World Report 2009 was written by researchers from the Information
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ICT4D: Information and Communication Technology for Development
Deep Insights
Cambridge et al.: Cambridge University Press (2009), xiv, 386 pp.
"ICT4D provides an authoritative account of the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in contemporary development practice. It combines theory with practical guidance – including both a conceptual framework for understanding the rapid development of ICT4D. Case studies provide d
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Information and Communications for Development 2009: Extending Reach and Increasing Impact
Washington, DC: World Bank (2009), xix, 316 pp.
"This report analyzes the benefits of extending access to ICT in the developing world; of mainstreaming ICT applications, particularly in the area of e-government; and of trading services based on information technology. It also features at-a-glance tables for 150 economies of the latest available d
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Literature Review on the Impact of Public Access to Information and Communication Technologies
Seattle: University of Washington, Center for Information & Society (CIS) (2009), 25 pp.
"This report presents a review of empirical research on the impacts of public access to ICTs in order to document what is known about this approach to ICT service delivery. The results show that there is limited conclusive evidence on downstream impacts of public access to ICTs. The evidence that do
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The ICT4D 2.0 Manifesto: Where Next for ICTs and International Development?
Manchester: University of Manchester, Institute for Development Policy and Management, Development Informatics Group (2009), 33 pp.
"In conclusion and above all, we can see that ICT4D 2.0 is about reframing the poor. Where ICT4D 1.0 marginalised them, allowing a supply-driven focus, ICT4D 2.0 centralises them, creating a demand-driven focus. Where ICT4D 1.0 – fortified by the "bottom of the pyramid" concept – characterised t
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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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ICTs and Indian Social Change: Diffusion, Poverty, Governance
New Delhi et al.: Sage (2008), 418 pp.
Entwicklung durch Vernetzung: Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien in Afrika
Deep Insights
Berlin: Edition Sigma (2008), 272 pp.
"Entwicklungsländer und moderne Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien (IKT): Wie geht das zusammen? Dieses oft diskutierte, aber selten detailliert untersuchte Thema wird in diesem Buch vor allem anhand Afrikas südlich der Sahara behandelt, einer Weltregion mit erheblichen Entwicklungshemmn
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Media and Development in Asia: Regional Perspectives
Singapore: Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC) (2008), 348 pp.
"This book brings together some of the most outstanding and novel papers on media and development presented at the AMIC Annual Conferences in Bangkok, Thailand in July 2004. It features over a dozen contributions from around the region, providing a wealth of fresh case studies as well as breaking ne
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Handbook of Mobile Communication Studies
Cambridge, Mass.; London: MIT Press (2008), ix, 472 pp.
"This book offers a view of the cultural, family, and interpersonal consequences of mobile communication across the globe. Scholars analyze the effect of mobile communication on all parts of life, from the relationship between literacy and the textual features of mobile phones to the use of ringtone
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