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Compendium of eGovernance Initiatives in India
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Compendium of eGovernance Initiatives in India
This book consolidates over 40 e-governance projects, implemented in India focused on Government to Business, Government to Citizen, Government to Government and Government to Employees initiatives. In addition, the book also details an e-governance project assessment framework. The book is a good resource for those working in e-governance.
Digital Review of Asia Pacific 2007/2008
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 (ICT4D) in Asia Pacific. This third edition (2007–2008) covers 31 countries and economies. Each country chapter presents key ICT policies, applications,and initiatives for national development. In addition, five thematic chapters provide a synthesis of some of the key issues in ICT4D in the region, including mobile and wireless technologies, risk communication, intellectual property regimes,and localization.
Documents from the OECD Ministerial Meeting on the Future of the Internet Economy
The OECD Ministerial Meeting on the Future of the Internet Economy took place on 16-18 June 2008 in Seoul, Republic of Korea. Documents include: the Seoul Declaration for the Future of the Internet Economy; Summary of the Chair of the Meeting; Report on Shaping Policies for the Future of the Internet Economy; and its Annexes.
Malicious Software (Malware): A Security Threat to the Internet Economy
This report, developed in collaboration with experts, aims to inform policy makers about malware impacts, growth and evolution, and countermeasures to combat malware. It seeks to analyse some of the main issues associated with malware and explore how the international community can better work together to address the problem. This report outlines several areas in which improvements can be made, including raising awareness, improved legal frameworks, strengthened law enforcement, improved response, measuring of malware, measures to address vulnerabilities in software, technical measures, economic incentives, research and development, standards, guidelines and good practices.
ICT World Today Volume 1
ICT World Today is a journal on Information and Communication Tecnology for Development developed by the Korea Information Society Development Institute with support from UN-APCICT. This first volume examines the socio-economic impacts of ICTs and the digital divide. The current state of ICT development, potential of telecommunications for poverty reduction, ICT policies issues in developing countries, links between digital divide and economic growth, patterns of the digital divide, and the role of ICTs on world summits and Millennium Development Goals are discussed. Updated regional studies on ICT for development in Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Central Asia, and Latin America are also available.
The Future of the Internet Economy
This Policy Brief looks at likely future developments in the Internet economy, and how all stakeholders can help the Internet to meet the increasing demands made upon it, continue to drive innovation, provide new communications services and platforms, while being secure and respecting privacy.
Measuring Information and Communication Technology Availability in Villages and Rural Areas
One outcome of the World Summit on the Information Society was a Plan of Action enunciating ten targets to be achieved by 2015 of which the first is: “...to connect villages with ICTs and establish community access points...” This report describes research to measure the target. It is based on questionnaires sent to developing country telecommunication administrations as well as review of relevant reports issued by government statistical and ICT-related agencies and other sources.
eGovernment for Development Information Exchange
This project provides online resource materials and an electronic discussion forum building knowledge for e-government practitioners in developing and transitional countries. It addresses a series of topics of potential interest to e-government practitioners and suggests solutions to issues in relation to these topics. The solutions were developed through a mix of research at the Institute for Development Policy and Management of the University of Manchester, research in local partner institutions, and discussions on the egov4dev email list. Topics include: e-government success and failure; ICTs for government transparency; public health information systems; m-government; and building e-government websites. There is also a training guide on how to use the resource materials in a training course.
Academy of ICT Essentials for Government Leaders: South Asia Sub-Regional Workshop - Training Materials
Over 20 participants from eight South Asian countries – Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka – representing national ICT ministries and ICT training institutions were trained on: Module 1 - The Linkage between ICT Applications and Development; Module 2 - ICT for Development Policy, Process and Governance; and Module 3 - e-Government Applications. Presentations, handouts and exercises from this workshop are available for download.
Training Commons Modules to Capacitate Telecentre Managers
These manuals will address various questions in four main areas – grassroots marketing; grassroots communications, entrepreneurship, and info-mediary skills (managing telecentres). The manuals will seek to provide valuable information that will help both trainers of telecentre managers and the managers themselves learn about different aspects of telecentre management, to become more knowledgeable, and to gain some specialized skills so that they can make a success out of the telecentres they run.
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