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Living the Information Society in Asia
Living the Information Society in Asia describes the interaction of people and ICTs as these technologies seep into everyday life, and examines implications for policy and future research. The book will appeal to academics, researchers, and postgraduate and senior undergraduate students in social sciences, development studies, and Asian studies; to professionals and practitioners in donor and development agencies; and to policy advisors and decision-makers in government, international development agencies, and civil society.
Telehealth in the Developing World
This book aims to redress the relative lack of published information on successful telehealth solutions in the developing world. It presents real-life stories from Asia, Africa, and Latin America. It is rich in practical experience and will be of interest to health professionals, development workers, and e-health and telehealth proponents interested in learning about, or contributing to the implementation of, appropriate solutions for 80% of the world’s population.
Digital Review of Asia Pacific 2009-2010
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 updated information on ICT infrastructure, industries, content and services, key initiatives, enabling policies, regulation, education and capacity building, open source and R&D initiatives, as well as key ICTD challenges in each of the economies covered. The common framework that underpins these reports allows readers to undertake a comparative analysis and assess progress across the region.
Manual for the Production of Statistics on the Information Economy
The manual serves as a reference for national statistical offices and other producers of official statistics on business use of information and communications technology (ICT). The Manual provides a guide to data collection and analysis, international standards, and definitions. It also offers model questions for surveys on ICT use, and it reviews important institutional issues related to compiling ICT statistics. The Manual focuses on statistical issues particular to developing countries and countries with economies in transition, and provides useful advice on how to tackle statistical challenges.
Impact Assessment of ICT-for-Development Projects: A Compendium of Approaches
Billions of dollars are invested each year by the public, NGO and private sectors in information-and-communication-technologies-for-development (ICT4D) projects. Yet we have very little sense of the effect of that investment. In part that reflects a lack of political will and motivation. But in part it also reflects a lack of knowledge about how to undertake impact assessment of ICT4D. This Compendium aims to address that lack of knowledge. It presents a set of frameworks that can be used by ICT4D practitioners, policymakers and consultants to understand the impact of informatics initiatives in developing countries.
ICT World Today Volume 2
This volume of ICT World Today examines the role ICTs play in promoting environmental sustainability, including ways in which ICTs are being used to address climate change mitigation and adaptation.
The Promise of Ubiquity: Mobile as Media Platform in the Global South
The publication examines the current and future reach of the mobile in the developing world and the factors driving it; explores how the landscape looks from different vantage points through a series of interviews with leaders in the mobile field; and draws some general conclusions out of individual experiences and seeks points of departure into the mobile space for different kinds of media, broadcast and print. It also include summaries of mobile market conditions in 20 countries across the developing world.
Landscape Analysis of Low-cost Computing Devices
This report reviews and analyzes the evolving landscape of low-cost computing devices introduced or in existence between January 2004 and August 2008, with details on 93 devices. The report is based on extensive secondary data on low-cost devices that are currently available, recently discontinued, or projected to be available in the near future. The report examines global trends in this nascent sub-industry, the evolution of low-cost device segmentation strategies, and the roles of major manufacturers, semi-conductor and software companies.
The Development Strategy of ICT Human Resources in Indonesia
This country paper was prepared for the Third Session of the Governing Council of APCICT. It gives an overview of the initiatives undertaken in the area of ICT Human Capacity Building under the mandates of WSIS and MDGs, and provides specific needs and recommendations for this area in Indonesia.
ICT Human Capacity Building in India
This country paper was prepared for the Third Session of the Governing Council of APCICT. It gives an overview of the initiatives undertaken in the area of ICT Human Capacity Building under the mandates of WSIS and MDGs, and provides specific needs and recommendations for this area in India.
ICT Human Capacity Building in Bangladesh
This country paper was prepared for the Third Session of the Governing Council of APCICT. It gives an overview of the initiatives undertaken in the area of ICT Human Capacity Building under the mandates of WSIS and MDGs, and provides specific needs and recommendations for this area in Bangladesh.
ICT Human Capacity Building in Thailand
This country paper was prepared for the Third Session of the Governing Council of APCICT. It gives an overview of the initiatives undertaken in the area of ICT Human Capacity Building under the mandates of WSIS and MDGs, and provides specific needs and recommendations for this area in Thailand.
Open ICT4D
This paper argues that openness is especially relevant at this point in time because policy choices made in the near term will shape future socities. Only with a proper understanding, both theoretically and empirically, can we hope to influence policy in a prodevelopment direction. This paper is a first step in improving our understanding of the concept of openness and its implications for ICT4D.
Bangladesh National ICT Policy - 2008 (proposed)
The proposed National ICT Policy 2008 has incorporated all the ingredients of the National ICT Policy 2002 in a structured manner with requisite updates necessitated by developments since 2002. The revised policy has also incorporated new policy directions in line with the ever changing technological advancements in this area. The most remarkable changes that have been made in the revised National ICT Policy are: 1) a methodical framework of the policy document; and 2) inclusion of planned action items in conformity with policies and strategies.
Financing Technology Entrepreneurs & SMEs in Developing Countries: Challenges and Opportunities
In developing countries, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have great difficulty in obtaining the necessary financial resources to effectively scale up and grow their businesses. This report provides: (i) an assessment of the financing needs voiced by techno-entrepreneurs; (ii) a review of the financing opportunities available; and (iii) a series of suggestions regarding possible measures to alleviate the financing gap.
ICT awareness for women in rural villages: Amader Gram ICT4D project
The Amader Gram ICT4D project started its activities in 2001. These activities focused on 12 villages and many schools of Rampal upazila in Bagerhat district in the south west of Bangladesh. This project was targeting both women and their children through awareness-raising activities. It aims to eliminate the difference between city and village women through computer training. Armed with this knowledge, women’s opinions are getting higher priority when decisions are taken about their children.
Convergence of ICT and Education
This paper addresses the convergence of ICT and education. When two technologies are converging to each other, together they will generate some great opportunities and challenges. This paper focuses on these issues. It describes the need for ICT in education, relationship between ICT skills and education, and the stages in the teaching-learning process.
E-health in Rural Areas: Case of Developing Countries
Based on a technology assessment carried out in Kenya, and using multiple case studies in Nyanza Province, this work focuses on an investigation on how five rural hospitals are adapting to the technology shift. The issues examined include the ICT infrastructure and e-health technologies in place, the knowledge of participants in terms of benefits gained through the use of ICT and the challenges posing barriers to the use of ICT technologies in these hospitals. The results reveal that the ICT infrastructure in place is inadequate for e-health implementations as a result to various challenges that exist. Consequently, suggestions on how to tackle the various challenges have been addressed in this paper.
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.
Hong Kong Government's ICT Strategy and Initiatives
The Hong Kong Government is intent on harnessing the full potential of information and communications technology (ICT) to benefit the community and enhance Hong Kong's position as a leading digital city. The resource provides the reader with an overview of Hong Kong Government's strategy and initiatives in promoting the adoption of ICT in both the public and the private sectors, and how the reader could profit from the effort.
The role of ICTs in risk communication in Asia Pacific
This is a chapter from the Digital Review of Asia Pacific 2007-2008 that focuses on the use of ICTs in risk communication to help prevent or mitigate the adverse impact of natural disasters and public health emergencies in the Asia Pacific region.
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.
(in Korean)
Third National Academy Workshop in Indonesia
What's Ahead @ APCICT in July 2009
