Connecting Icts To Development

Author : Heloise Emdon,Laurent Elder,Ben Petrazzini,Richard Fuchs
Publisher : Anthem Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2013-12-01
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780857281364

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Connecting ICTs to Development by Heloise Emdon,Laurent Elder,Ben Petrazzini,Richard Fuchs Pdf

Over the past two decades, projects supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) have critically examined the ways in which information and communications technologies (ICTs) can be used to improve learning, empower the disenfranchised, generate income opportunities for the poor, and facilitate access to healthcare in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. Considering that most development institutions and governments are currently attempting to integrate ICTs into their practices, it is an opportune time to reflect on the research findings that have emerged from IDRC’s work and research in this area. “Connecting ICTs to Development” discusses programmatic investments made by IDRC in a wide variety of areas related to ICTs, including infrastructure, access, regulations, health, governance, education, livelihoods, social inclusion, technical innovation, intellectual property rights and evaluation. Each chapter in this book analyzes the ways in which research findings from IDRC-supported projects have contributed to an evolution of thinking, and discusses successes and challenges in using ICTs as tools to address development issues. The volume also presents key lessons learned from ICT4D programming and recommendations for future work.

Author : Arul Chib,Roger W. Harris
Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789814380003

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Linking Research to Practice by Arul Chib,Roger W. Harris Pdf

Information and communication technologies have long promised to provide quality education, improve healthcare, allow open government, and solve environmental issues. To realize this potential and influence policy-making and programme design, the Singapore Internet Research Center, supported by the IDRC, created an innovative research capacity-building programme, SIRCA.

Author : Inter-American Development Bank
Publisher : Springer
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2011-04-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780230118379

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Development Connections by Inter-American Development Bank Pdf

Development Connections takes stock of recent advances in what is broadly known as Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). The authors seek to discover how information and telecommunication technologies affect both the public and private sectors in Latin America and how they can optimize ICT returns to society.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2010-01-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264077409

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The Development Dimension ICTs for Development Improving Policy Coherence by OECD Pdf

This publication examines access to ICTs in developing countries, broadband Internet access and governments' role in making it available; developments in mobile payments; ICT security issues; ICTs for improving environmental performance; and the relative priority of ICTs in education.

Author : World Bank
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2017-06-27
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781464810237

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ICT in Agriculture (Updated Edition) by World Bank Pdf

Information and communication technology (ICT) has always mattered in agriculture. Ever since people have grown crops, raised livestock, and caught fish, they have sought information from one another. Today, ICT represents a tremendous opportunity for rural populations to improve productivity, to enhance food and nutrition security, to access markets, and to find employment opportunities in a revitalized sector. ICT has unleashed incredible potential to improve agriculture, and it has found a foothold even in poor smallholder farms. ICT in Agriculture, Updated Edition is the revised version of the popular ICT in Agriculture e-Sourcebook, first launched in 2011 and designed to support practitioners, decision makers, and development partners who work at the intersection of ICT and agriculture. Our hope is that this updated Sourcebook will be a practical guide to understanding current trends, implementing appropriate interventions, and evaluating the impact of ICT interventions in agricultural programs.

Author : Gerolf Weigel,Daniele Waldburger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Economic development
ISBN : 3037980656

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ICT4D - Connecting People for a Better World by Gerolf Weigel,Daniele Waldburger Pdf

Author : Magesa, M.M.
Publisher : CTA
Page : 29 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2015-11-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Linking rural farmers to markets using ICTs by Magesa, M.M. Pdf

Access to markets and marketing information by smallholder farmers depending on agriculture in developing countries have always been challenging. Factors such as poor road infrastructure, illiteracy, financial constraints, poor communication means and lack of access to information, all limited their access to markets. These smallholders depend on traditional means of communication and sell their produce at the farm gate and local markets. This has not been fruitful for these poor farmers as traders, intermediaries and other stakeholders in the chain take a large share of their produce. As a result, rural farmers remain poor and agriculture contributes little to their income, economy and welfare.

Author : Inter-American Development Bank
Publisher : Springer
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2011-04-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780230118379

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Development Connections by Inter-American Development Bank Pdf

Development Connections takes stock of recent advances in what is broadly known as Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). The authors seek to discover how information and telecommunication technologies affect both the public and private sectors in Latin America and how they can optimize ICT returns to society.

Author : Van Slyke, Craig
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 4288 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2008-04-30
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781599049502

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Information Communication Technologies: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications by Van Slyke, Craig Pdf

The rapid development of information communication technologies (ICTs) is having a profound impact across numerous aspects of social, economic, and cultural activity worldwide, and keeping pace with the associated effects, implications, opportunities, and pitfalls has been challenging to researchers in diverse realms ranging from education to competitive intelligence.

Author : Ian A. Lubin
Publisher : Springer
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783319676579

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ICT-Supported Innovations in Small Countries and Developing Regions by Ian A. Lubin Pdf

This timely analysis brings greater clarity to the question of how ICT-supported innovations are experienced in small low- to middle-income countries and developing regions with implications for international education and development. By bringing together a group of international technologists, researchers, and scholars, this book explores the building of local capacity for educational technology policy and application in such regions and ably links theory to practice to illuminate how the issues at hand play out in professional practice. The volume offers itself as an invaluable resource by offering a salient assessment of the existent methodological and ecological challenges and constraints in developing, implementing, and evaluating technology and technology research, while simultaneously providing recommendations and strategy for future policy and implementation. Among the topics covered: The research agenda for technology, education, and development. ICT curriculum planning and development: policy and implementation lessons from small developing states. New challenges for ICT in education policies in developing countries. Playful partnerships for game-based learning in international contexts. Addressing persistent ICT-in-education challenges in small developing countries. ICT-Supported Innovations in Small Countries and Developing Regions is of significant interest to educational technology researchers, policymakers, and officials with influence over resource allocation and implementation of technology innovations. It is also relevant to administrators, teachers, instructional designers, and technology evaluators interested in advancing educational communications and technology in public and private settings.

Author : Harleen Kaur,Xiaohui Tao
Publisher : Springer
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-06
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781489974396

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ICTs and the Millennium Development Goals by Harleen Kaur,Xiaohui Tao Pdf

This book attempts to create awareness about the UN-MDGs and how various ICT can be harnessed to appeal to different demographics. Current empirical evidence suggests that MDG awareness is relatively low particularly in developed countries, and that the levels of MDG awareness vary considerable across socioeconomic variables or demographics from United Nations perspective. It also examines how ICT can be used to bring about technical and social innovations strengthen livelihoods, support economic development, water and climate resilience and improve the education and health sectors and enhance development opportunities. Several studies are highlighted that reinforce the view that government support and private sector expertise and funding are important factors in ICT-based e-government solutions in developing countries. The book also builds on the thesis that a strong connection between competencies in mathematics, science, and information communication/technology is required to build logical concepts and critical thinking skills. It also examines the opportunities and barriers of promoting students’ learning skills, including communication, cooperation, collaboration and connection using the Wiki tool under the blackboard platform. Finally, the book also highlights the challenges involved in application of ICT in education. This is significant for educators in order to surmount these obstacles and consequently successfully incorporate ICT into the educational system. The chapters present the relevant literature on ICTs and the perceived barriers to ICT integration in basic education. They also focus on the implications of incorporating ICT in the basic educational system. The challenges confronting the integration of ICT in education are equally identified with a view to ensuring a more efficient application of ICT in attaining education for all.

Author : Richard Heeks
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2017-11-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317313564

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Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D) by Richard Heeks Pdf

Mobile phones are close to ubiquitous in developing countries; Internet and broadband access are becoming commonplace. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) thus represent the fastest, broadest and deepest technical change experienced in international development. They now affect every development sector – supporting the work of hundreds of millions of farmers and micro-entrepreneurs; creating millions of ICT-based jobs; assisting healthcare workers and teachers; facilitating political change; impacting climate change; but also linked with digital inequalities and harms – with the pace of change continuously accelerating. Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D) provides the first dedicated textbook to examine and explain these emerging phenomena. It will help students, practitioners, researchers and other readers understand the place of ICTs within development; the ICT-enabled changes already underway; and the key issues and interventions that engage ICT4D practice and strategy. The book has a three-part structure. The first three chapters set out the foundations of ICT4D: the core relation between ICTs and development; the underlying components needed for ICT4D to work; and best practice in implementing ICT4D. Five chapters then analyse key development goals: economic growth, poverty eradication, social development, good governance and environmental sustainability. Each chapter assesses the goal-related impact associated with ICTs and key lessons from real-world cases. The final chapter looks ahead to emerging technologies and emerging models of ICT-enabled development. The book uses extensive in-text diagrams, tables and boxed examples with chapter-end discussion and assignment questions and further reading. Supported by online activities, video links, session outlines and slides, this textbook provides the basis for undergraduate, postgraduate and online learning modules on ICT4D.

Author : Matthew L. Smith,Ruhiya Kristine Seward
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 513 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2020-08-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780262358835

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Making Open Development Inclusive by Matthew L. Smith,Ruhiya Kristine Seward Pdf

Drawing on ten years of empirical work and research, analyses of how open development has played out in practice. A decade ago, a significant trend toward openness emerged in international development. "Open development" can describe initiatives as disparate as open government, open health data, open science, open education, and open innovation. The theory was that open systems related to data, science, and innovation would enable more inclusive processes of human development. This volume, drawing on ten years of empirical work and research, analyzes how open development has played out in practice.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Business
ISBN : 9780821363478

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2006 Information and Communications for Development by Anonim Pdf

"""The report is essential reading for policy makers, government workers, and academics pursuing the goal of equitable, sustainable development across the world."" - N. R. Narayana Murthy, Chairman and Chief Mentor Infosys Technologies Ltd. Information and communication technology (ICT) is rapidly evolving, changing rich and poor societies alike. It has become a powerful tool for participating in the global economy and for offering new opportunities for development efforts. ICT can and should advance economic growth and reduce poverty in developing countries. It has been 20 years since the first telephone operator was privatized, a little over 10 since the World Wide Web emerged, and 5 since the telecommunications bubble burst. How have the ICT sector and its role in development evolved? What have we learned? How can we move forward? Information and Communications for Development 2006: Global Trends and Policies contains lessons from both developed and developing countries. It examines the roles of the public and private sectors, identifying the challenges and the benefits of adopting and expanding ICT use. The report assesses topics essential to building an information society, including investment, access, diffusion, and country policies and strategies. Assessing what has worked, what hasn't, and why, this report is an invaluable guide for understanding how to capture the benefits of ICT around the world."

Author : Steyn, Jacques,Van Belle, Jean-Paul,Mansilla, Eduardo Villanueva
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2010-09-30
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781615209989

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ICTs for Global Development and Sustainability: Practice and Applications by Steyn, Jacques,Van Belle, Jean-Paul,Mansilla, Eduardo Villanueva Pdf

"This book unites the theoretical underpinnings and scientific methodology of an approach of deploying ICT in marginalized communities to bridge the so-called digital divide. This book contains case studies of Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean that demonstrate which approaches work and which do not in deploying public access to information sources"--Provided by publisher.