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ICT: Innovation through experimentation and participation
May 15, 2008
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The World Economic Forum's recent Global IT Readiness report notes that, while there is much evidence that ICT is driving innovation, the two are not always properly connected. It ...
e-Development and the World Bank
March 16, 2008
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The World Bank maintains a website on e-Development. The term was promoted within the Bank by Nagy Hanna, who championed information and communications ...

Podcast libraries
February 8, 2008
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Despite the image of podcasts (internet audio broadcasts) as a pastime for those who have not only an mp3 player, but also a PC and a broadband connection, projects such as ...

Take Back The Tech
December 4, 2007
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"Take Back The Tech" is a viral marketing campaign reclaiming technology to end violence against women. It is an initiative of the APC Women's Networking Support Programme (APC WNSP), supporting women networking for social change, through the use of ...
Internet Under Repression
November 9, 2007
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The Internet network is known as one of the most democratic and powerful media ever offered to citizens. It is even recognized as  "a new frontier in the struggle for human rights" by Amnesty International. The Internet became a new dissident means of expression serving citizens and human rights defenders in a growing movement recognized as "e-activism". At the same time, in many countries where the liberty of expression and human rights are not fully ...

ICT4D Policy and social Inclusion: a Framework for evaluating policy outcomes
October 19, 2007
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PART 2 – Policy Evaluation Framework

"The goal of national ICT policy in developing countries has until recently focused on access. There is however, a growing movement towards social inclusion as a targeted ...

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