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Big World > Links > ICT Sources by Topic
ICTs and Community Development
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An annotated list of key on-line sources which focus on how ICTs (Information and Communication Technologies) are being used for community development.
Community Experiences with Information and Communications Technology-Enabled Development in Canada.http://www.idrc.ca/ACACIA/nordicit/title.htm Author(s): Nordicity Group Ltd Date of publication: February 14 1997 Summary: This report represents the third deliverable of this study and it contains profiles of 22 ICT-enabled development projects which have been implemented or be implemented in Canada. It also contains a commentary which attempts to present a preliminary outline of emerging "principles" of ICT-enabled development, potential "lessons to learn" and a initial definition of the potential roles and responsibilities of various types of organizations in ICT-enabled community development.
Community Multimedia Centreshttp://www.unesco.org/webworld/news/pdf/telecentre-us.pdf Summary: A UNESCO Programme addressingthe digital divide in someof the poorest communities of the developing world.
Developing National Information and Communications Infrastructure (NICI) Policies, Plans and Strategies: the 'why' and 'how'http://www.un.org/Depts/eca/adf/codipap2.htm Date of publication: June 28 1999 Summary: Attempts are made in this paper to assess the ICT situation in African countries, to outline the pressing need to build-up NICI plans and strategies and the various steps to be taken to enable countries to be part of the information society.
Developing the Internet Across Asia and the Near Easthttp://www.usaid.gov/regions/ane/ict/internet.htm Summary: Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are powerful tools for stimulating economic growth and social change. The quality of, and access to, information are critical to the successful application and adoption of ICTs by society. ICTs cut across all USAID traditional sectors: health, community development, governance, economic growth and education. They enable groups working on common issues to benefit from each other's experiences and share best practices. They can: Provide access to improved education and health in remote or inaccessible areas through distance learning, telemedicine, and interactive training. Improve services to citizens by providing on-line access to government/public services; enable individuals and communities to make informed choices in the decision making process. Reduce business costs while opening access to new markets through electronic commerce, permitting more informed economic decisions.
Electronic community centres - a platform to bring knowledge and information technologies to the peoplehttp://www.undp.org/info21/present/cainet/main.html Author(s): Dr. Hans d'Orville, Director, IT for Development Programme, UNDP (http://www.undp.org/info21/program/index.html) Date of publication: March 8 1999 Summary: Presentation from Cainet - Cairo, Egypt
Employment and income generating activities derived from Internet Accesshttp://www.idrc.ca/acacia/studies/ir-henlt.htm Author(s): Georges Hénault Date of publication: September 1996 Summary: The Internet offers a huge range of employment opportunities. New forms of information intensive enterprises are being created, such as data entry and processing companies, as well as software development and online selling ones. Such businesses could potentially be established in small and remote communities since the new information technologies can be used on a decentralized basis.
Enchanted by Telecentres: A Critical look at Universal Access to Information Technologies for International Developmenthttp://www.idrc.ca/pan/enchanted.html Author(s): Ricardo Gómez, Patrik Hunt, Emmanuelle Lamoureux (IDRC- http://www.idrc.ca/) Date of publication: February 16 1999 Summary: This paper examines the notion of telecentres under a critical light, suggests a tentative typology to describe the diversity of experiences emerging, and calls attention to the need for assessment of their impact on the communities they are supposed to serve.
Experiments in community access to new communication and information technologies in Bogotahttp://www.idrc.ca/telecentre/evaluation/nn/09_Exp.html Author(s): Luis F. Baron, Researcher, Center for Research and Popular Education, CINEP, Bogota, Colombia. For an international working meeting on telecentre evaluation, held at Far Hills, Quebec Date of publication: September 28 1999. Summary: For more than a year and a half, working-class districts in Bogota have been the subject of three community experiments with access to new information and communication technologies (ICT). These projects involve the Neighborhood Information Units (UIBs), which represent yet another form of what is known generically as telecenters. These are places where the public can gain access to information and communication technologies: they can function as experiments in rural and urban telephone service, community radio, documentation centers and public libraries, among others.
Heralding ICT enabled Knowledge Societies way forward for the Developing countrieshttp://www.bellanet.org/gkaims/documents/docs/heralding.htm?ois=y;template=gkaims.htm Author(s): Vikas Nath (http://members.tripod.com/nvikas), Programme Officer SDNP India (Sustainable Development Networking Programme) Summary: The info-technological revolution, led by advances in information and technological technology, is re-structuring the global social economic equations - shifting from income divide to knowledge divide. The revolution on one hand is spearheading the growth of knowledge societies in developed countries and has aroused much interest among civil society, markets and the agents of change. On the other hand, more than 850 million people in developing countries are excluded from a wide range of information and knowledge.
ICTs and Development: Testing a Framework for EvaluationAuthor(s): Valerie Young, CIDA ( http://www.acdi-cida.gc.ca/home) Date of publication: June 1999 Summary: This paper reports on a test of a framework for evaluating performance in development activities with information and communications technology (ICT) components. It represents CIDA's contribution to the workshop on "Evaluating and implementing ICT strategies for the Information Age" at the Global Knowledge '97 Conference on Knowledge for Development in the Information Age.
IICD Project models: OverviewSummary: IICD has established knowledge and project experience in sectors like good governance, livelihood opportunities and education. Developing sustainable projects using ICTs is a complicated task. Extensive knowledge, experience and network contacts in these fields do not have to be rediscovered as they are already in place. IICD created project models to reflect its knowledge and experience. These project models will -after a short introduction- assist you in project formulation by raising the right type of questions.
Information and communication infrastructure development in Africahttp://www.itu.int/ITU-D-UniversalAccess/johan/papers/ccdc.htm Author(s): Johan Ernberg, ITU (http://www.itu.int/ITU-D-UniversalAccess) Date of publication: October 1996 Summary: The information revolution affects every aspect of society; social, economic and cultural and is changing the way people live and work. The opportunities and challenges, as well as obstacles facing the developing countries, who wish to become part of the Global Information Infrastructure (GII) have been discussed in many recent international and regional fora and are summarized in "Africa's Information Society Initiative" (AISI).
Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) and Developing Countries - Towards a Knowledge-based Economyhttp://www.undp.org/info21/present/tokyo/sld001.htm Author(s): Dr. Hans d'Orville, Director, IT for Development Programme, UNDP (http://www.undp.org/info21/program/index.html) Date of publication:July 3 2000 Summary: Presentation at International Symposium on Information Technology and Development Cooperation
Information and communications technologies - a rapidly emerging dimension of development co-operationhttp://www.oneworld.org/media/net/undp_ICT.htm Author(s): Dr. Hans d'Orville, Director, IT for Development Programme, UNDP (http://www.undp.org/info21/program/index.html) Summary: We are witnessing a new type of poverty - information poverty - as developing countries struggle in vain to obtain the infrastructure, skills and other requisites to partake in that revolution. The gap between the North and the South is growing dangerously. Dr. Hans d'Orville, UNDP's Director, IT for Development Programme explores ways to narrow the gap
Internet as a Tool for Social Developmenthttp://www.unrisd.org/infotech/publicat/inet97.htm Author(s): Paula Uimonen, Department of Social Anthropology, Stockholm University United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD), Geneva Date of publication: June 24 1997 Summary: This paper explores the potential role of the Internet in promoting sustainable and equitable development in Third World countries. Possibilities of using the Internet in a way that will benefit society at large and vulnerable groups in particular are analyzed within the wider framework of actual needs and existing facilities of these communities. Among the issues the paper touches upon are the extent to which the Internet is being used and can be adapted to improve education, health and political processes
Kids Learnhttp://www.iicd.com/base/show_article?article_id=307&cat=8&subcat=62&par=935&back=page_k_s_archive Author(s): Paul Judge Date of publication: May 31 2000. Summary: An Indian physicist puts a PC w/ a high speed internet connection in a wall in the slums and watches what happens. Based on the results, he
Knowledge Networking for Sustainable Developmenthttp://www.bellanet.org/gkaims/documents/docs/exchanges-ict.html?ois=y;template=gkaims.htm Author(s): Vikas Nath (http://members.tripod.com/nvikas), Programme Officer SDNP India (Sustainable Development Networking Programme) Summary: The paper aims to stimulate discussion on knowledge-based networking approach to sustainable development. Knowledge is and will continue to be critical to the social and economic activities that comprise the development process. The cornerstone of this approach is global access to information and human resources, enrichment of information during different steps and an efficient mechanism for collective learning and sharing of knowledge between nations, communities and individuals through bridging of gap between users and sources of information. The paper advocates that pursuit of knowledge networking when supported by vision, leadership and right value framework can secure considerable gains towards sustainable development.
Knowledge Sharing Strategies in Sustainable Developmenthttp://www.oneworld.org/thinktank/id/edit5.htm Author(s): Vikas Nath (http://members.tripod.com/nvikas), Programme Officer SDNP India (Sustainable Development Networking Programme) Date of publication: April 2000 Summary: Vikas Nath calls on developing countries to apply their knowledge resources more effectively
Statement on ICT's from G-15 Meetinghttp://www.sittdec.org.my/g15/news/g15%20summit.html Author(s): Prime minister of Malaysia the hon. Dato Seri Dr Mahathir bin Mohamad Date of publication: May 30 2001 Summary: Extract of statement by the prime minister of Malaysia the hon. Dato Seri Dr Mahathir bin Mohamad on behalf of Asian member states at the inaugural session of the eleventh summit of the g-15 in Jakarta, Indonesia.
The importance for sustainable development: ICTs in Developing Countrieshttp://www.iicd.org/base/show_article?article_id=9&subcat=7 Author(s): Andreas Crede; Robin Mansell (eds.) Date of publication: August 18 1998 Summary: This booklet explains what ICTs are and why they should be considered very important for the sustainable development goals of developing countries. Furthermore, it explains that two major conditions are to be met before ICTs can make a contribution to sustainable development. In the first place, strong human capabilities are required if these new technologies are to be used to their best effect. Secondly, in order to ensure that ICTs will have a major contribution to sustainable development, a policy framework needs to be formulated.
The Internet and Poverty: Real Help or Real Hype?http://www.panos.org.uk/briefing/interpov.htm Author(s): Duncan Pruett with James Deane and the text editor is Omar Sattaur and the Panos Briefings series editor is Heather Budge-Reid. Date of publication: April 1998 Summary: Governments, donors and development organisations are rushing to realise the benefits that Internet access promises in the fight against poverty. But are the benefits it has brought so far merely isolated examples or are they signs that a revolution is underway?
The Internet Comes to Rural Indiahttp://www.idrc.ca/reports/read_article_english.cfm?article_num=552 Author(s): Keane Shore Date of publication: November 5 1999 Summary: A pilot project is bringing the Information Age to rural Indian villagers in the form of communal telephone and Internet access. Based on the experiences to date of a half-dozen local 'information shops' in southern India, another 12 villages have requested their own information shops, if funding can be found.
Towards the global knowledge and information society - the challenges for development cooperationhttp://www.undp.org/info21/public/pb-challenge.html Author(s): Dr. Hans d'Orville, Director, IT for Development Programme, UNDP (http://www.undp.org/info21/program/index.html) Date of publication: September 1999 Summary: As the world is globalising, a global knowledge and information society is emerging, spanning all regions. Knowledge and information have become significant factors for production and services and acquire ever more importance. They affect the international division of labor, determine the competitiveness of economies and corporations, generate new growth patterns and in the process spawn new products, jobs and livelihoods.
When Villages go Globalhttp://www.greenstar.org/butterflies/Dangerous-Knowledge.htm Author(s): Simon Romero (The New York Times) Date of publication: April 23 2000 Summary: The prospects seemed bright when the Internet was recently introduced in a remote part of the mountainous Cotopoxi region in Ecuador. Under the guidance of aid workers, Quichua-speaking peasants planned to gather crop information and sell their crafts over the Web. Soon, though, it was discovered that some of he men were using the computer to visit pornographic sites.
Other sources and links
Altavista search on ICT and Community DevelopmentA list of search results using the search engine Altavista.
Eldishttp://nt1.ids.ac.uk/eldis/inter/int_lele.htm List of links on subject of the Internet in developing countries
Google search on ICT and Community Developmenthttp://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=%2Bict+%2Bcommunity+%2Bdevelopment&btnG=Google+Search A list of search results using the search engine Google.
Lycos search on ICT and Community Developmenthttp://search.lycos.com/main/?query=%2Bict+%2Bcommunity+%2Bdevelopment&rd=y A list of search results using the search engine Lycos.
Acacia Initiative - Resources on ICTs in African Community Developmenthttp://www.idrc.ca/acacia/resource.htm On this page you will find links to the three main categories of resources collected in this site. We hope these reports, links, and audio files will be of use to both the serious researcher and the casual browser.
Yahoo search on ICT and Community Developmenthttp://google.yahoo.com/bin/query?p=%2bict+%2bcommunity+%2bdevelopment&hc=0&hs=0 A list of search results using the search engine Yahoo. |
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