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Big World > Links > ICT Sources by Topic
Policy and Regulatory Issues
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An annotated list of key on-line sources which focus on policy and regulatory issues for ICTs (Information and Communication Technologies).
African Youth and the Information Highway Participation and Leadership in Community Developmenthttp://www.idrc.ca/acb/showdetl.cfm?&DID=6&Product_ID=411&CATID=15#toc Author(s): Edited by Osita Ogbu and Paschal Mihyo Summary: This book describes a new initiative to promote the involvement of youth in Africa's new information economy. It reviews existing infrastructure, the policy environment and its impact, and the feasibility of increased ICT applications in rural communities. It will appeal to decision-makers and ICT producers and users, as well as to development professionals, academics, students, policymakers, and practitioners in international development and information technology.
Africa on the Internet: Starting Points for Policy Informationhttp://www.africapolicy.org/bp/inet.html Author(s): Africa Policy Information Centre Date of publication: July 1996 Summary: Electronic networks--and particularly the new tools of e-mail and the World Wide Web (see below for an overview of basic concepts and a glossary with short definitions)--have great potential for enhancing global democratic access to policy- making processes. But de facto access to effective use of these technologies is biased in all the predictable directions: by race, gender, economic status, and location. Africa, to date the least connected continent, is particularly disadvantaged. By cutting the costs of long-distance communication, however, the information revolution is also opening up new possibilities. How well Africa and Africa's friends take advantage of these opportunities will depend at least as much on our collective capacity to learn as on the material resources available to us.
A Participatory Approach to Produce Web Contenthttp://www.soi.city.ac.uk/research/isrg/papreport.htm Author(s): Department of Information Science, City University Date of publication: April 25 2001 Summary: The broad aim of the six months project - from May to October 2000, is to demonstrate how to realise the full benefits of Internet technologies towards sustainable development in Africa and identify some of the barriers that might constrain such a realisation. The project also sought to develop a methodology that can be used to produce web content that can impact on development in an African setting
A potential Framework for Guiding ICT-enabled Development Effortshttp://www.idrc.ca/acacia/nordicit/exh5-1.htm Author(s): Devised by IDRC (http://www.idrc.ca/) Summary: This evolving framework can be used to identify what ICT's can be used to do within the community development context (objectives), how they can be developed and deployed (approaches), and how various stakeholders can form mutually beneficial partnerships which foster the development of communities (roles).
Assessing Community Telecentres: Guidelines for researchershttp://www.idrc.ca/acb/showdetl.cfm?st=0&st2=0&st3=0&DID=6&Product_ID=576&DS_ID=2 Author(s): By Anne Whyte Summary: This book, forms part of a wider IDRC's Acacia Initiative. This involves working mainly with rural and disadvantaged communities in sub-Saharan Africa. These communities have generally been isolated from the technological advances
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.
Digital Inclusion: Impact and Challenges of the Networked Economy for Developing Countrieshttp://www.dse.de/ef/digital/ind0201e.htm Author(s): The Development Policy Forum of the German Foundation for International Development (DSE) in cooperation with the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the German Federal Ministry for Economics and Development (BMWi) Date of publication: January 23 2001 Summary: This Policy Dialogue was a contribution to the ongoing international debate on digital opportunities and, more recently, on digital inclusion. In this context the leaders of the Group of Eight Nations (G8) decided to establish a Digital Opportunity Task Force (DOT Force), and the United Nations, mandated by a ministerial-level ECOSOC declaration, decided to set up an Information and Communication Technology Task Force (ICT Task Force).
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.
Evaluating Telecentres within National Policies for ICTs in Developing Countrieshttp://www.idrc.ca/telecentre/evaluation/nn/18_Eva.html Author(s): Roger W. Harris, for an international working meeting on telecentre evaluation, held at Far Hills, Quebec from September 28-30, 1999. Summary: This discussion paper addresses the significance of the telecentre movement within the national policies for ICTs in developing countries. It provides two frameworks that are used to locate the telecentre concept within the wider consideration of the deployment of ICTs for national development. It is argued that telecentres are crucial for developing countries to achieve sustainable human development through their policies for ICTs. A model for evaluating the operation and the efficacy of telecentres is also suggested.
Gender and the Information Revolution in Africahttp://www.idrc.ca/acb/showdetl.cfm?&DID=6&Product_ID=471&CATID=15 Author(s): Eva M. Rathgeber and Edith Ofwona Adera (IDRC- http://www.idrc.ca/) Summary: The essays in this book examine the current and potential impact of the ICT explosion in Africa. They focus specifically on gender issues and analyze the extent to which women's needs and preferences are being served. The authors underscore the need for information to be made directly relevant to the needs of rural women, whether in the areas of agriculture, health, microenterprise, or education. They argue that it is not enough for women simply to be passive participants in the development of ICTs in Africa. Women must also be decision-makers and actors in the process of using the new ICTs to accelerate African economic, social, and political development.
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.
ICT-Enabled Development Collaboration at the National Level: The Bellanet PerspectiveAuthor(s): Riff Fullan, Program Officer, Bellanet International Secretariat (http://www.bellanet.org/) Date of publication: Feb 2000 Summary: Perhaps the single most significant constraint limiting the effectiveness of current development-oriented programming is a lack of inter-agency collaboration. Such realities as duplication of effort, rising demand for limited expertise, inadequate budgets, etc., could all be ameliorated by greater collaboration and coordination among development agencies.
ICT-IAF (ICT Impact Assessment Framework)http://www.bellanet.org/ict_res_pol/index.cfm?Fuseaction=view_article&TheArticle=16 Author(s): Joseph Potvin, Sam Lanfranco, David Balson Date of publication: Feb 2000 Summary: The ICT-IAF is a conceptual map, intended for use with a variety of other ICT evaluation activities and approaches, for the continuous or periodic (longitudinal) studies of community impacts arising from the introduction and use of electronic information and communication technologies (ICTs).
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 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 Communication Technologies Task Force Report of the Secretary Generalhttp://www.un.org/esa/coordination/ecosoc/ICTdraft.htm Date of publication: Feb 16 2001 Summary: The present report has been prepared in response to the Ministerial Declaration of the Economic and Social Council of the year 2000 and its resolution E/2000/29 which called for the creation of an information and communication technologies task force on the basis of consultations with all stakeholders and Member States to be undertaken by the Secretary General.
Information, ICTs and Small Enterprise: Findings from Botswanahttp://idpm.man.ac.uk/idpm/diwpf7.htm Author(s): Richard Duncombe & Richard Heeks As part of the Development Informatics Working Paper Series Date of publication:1999 Summary: The potential contribution of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to small enterprise development can only be assessed by first understanding current information practices and needs in such enterprises. This paper reports findings from a questionnaire and interview survey of formal sector enterprises in Botswana based on this approach.
Information and Communication Technologies, Poverty and Developmenthttp://idpm.man.ac.uk/idpm/diwpf5.htm Author(s): Richard Heeks, As part of the Development Informatics Working Paper Series, Date of publication:1999 Summary: Can information and communication technologies (ICTs) help to alleviate poverty in low-income countries? The paper investigates this question, focusing particularly on the role of ICTs in assisting the development of small and micro-enterprises. The investigation is based on a systemic understanding of both technology and enterprise.
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.
Spanning the Digital Divide: Understanding and Tackling the Issueshttp://www.bridges.org/spanning/report.html Summary: This report reviews some of the basic facts about ICT access and use, and provides an extensive list of resources for further information. It goes on to examine the major approaches to the problems, describing the various on-the-ground initiatives and considering government policies that play a role. It reflects on what is working best and what is failing -- and why. Finally, it illustrates the key elements necessary for integrating technology into society in an effective, sustainable way so that people can put technology to use to improve their lives: what we call "real access" to technology.
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 on
Strategies for including a Gender Perspective in African Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) Policyhttp://www.devmedia.org/documents/Marcelle%2Ehtm Author(s): Gillian M. Marcelle (United Nations University Institute of New Technologies, Maastricht) for the International Development Research Centre as part of its contribution to the ECA International Conference on African Women and Economic Development. Date of publication: March 1998 Summary: This paper is concerned with strategies to secure the potential economic benefits of ICTs for all groups in society for as we will show, without a gender perspective, there is no guarantee that potential benefits bypass girls and women. The economic benefits for girls and women in terms of enhanced income generation opportunities, employment and improved quality of life are tremendous, but since technologies are not neutral, we will also be concerned with advocating ICT strategies which reduce and manage the potential for ICTs to lead to economic and social exclusion and to reinforce existing social disparities.
Supporting Women's Use of Information Technologies for Sustainable Developmenthttp://www.wigsat.org/it/womenicts.html Author(s): Sophia Huyer (Women in Global Science and Technology (WIGSAT)- http://www.wigsat.org/index.html) Date of publication: February 18 1997 Summary: The central question of this study concerns African women's use of information and communication technologies (ICTs). This includes issues of access, the benefits African women experience and can expect to experience from ICTs, and the role they can and do play in the production and dissemination of information.
Telecentre Research Framework for Acaciahttp://www.idrc.ca/acacia/04066/index.html Author(s): Anne Whyte, Mestor Associates, Canada Date of publication: June 1998 Summary: The Acacia Initiative seeks to empower communities in sub-Saharan Africa to improve their own social and economic development, through the particular entry point of improved access to Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). Acacia is designed as an integrated program of demonstration projects and research to address the four linked areas of national policy, telecommunications infrastructure, modern ICT technology, and access to information for different applications such as education and health.
The Basis for a National Policy Framework: ICTs in Developing Countrieshttp://www.iicd.org/base/show_article?cat=1&article_id=12&subcat=7 Author(s): Andreas Crede; Robin Mansell (eds.) Date of publication: August 14 1998 Summary: This booklet examines the need to develop a national policy framework for Information and Communication Technology (ICT). A well-prepared policy strategy can help to ensure that the use of ICTs makes a major contribution to sustainable development. For this, policies need to address the gap between the rich and the poor countries as well as between urban city environments and more remote rural areas.
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 Positive Business Case for Rural Telecommunicationshttp://www.devmedia.org/documents/Barr%2Ehtm Author(s): David F. Barr, from SR Telecom Inc., Canada Summary: The greatest challenge for developing countries is to ensure that telecommunication services, and the resulting benefits of economic, social and cultural development which these services promote, are extended effectively and efficiently throughout the rural and remote areas -- those areas which in the past have often been disadvantaged, with few or no telecommunication services.
The Tyranny of Participation in Information Systems: Learning from Development Projectshttp://idpm.man.ac.uk/idpm/diwpf4.htm Author(s): Richard Heeks, as part of the Development Informatics Working Paper Series Date of publication:1999 Summary: It often seems that use of participative approaches in the development of information systems (IS) has reached the status of a new orthodoxy: a 'magic bullet' technique that is always relevant, always beneficial in trying to overcome the high failure rate of information systems. Yet participation is clearly not so magical in practice and is often beset by problems. This paper sets out to investigate and understand some of these problems. It does so by recognising the parallels between debate on the role and value of participation in information systems development, and debate on the role and value of participation in development projects more generally. These projects aim to deliver development goals and they have frequently involved participation. They therefore provide fertile ground for learning about approaches to information systems development.
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) 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.
Other sources and links
Altavista search on Information Communication Technology and policyA list of search results using the search engine Altavista.
Communications Policy & Practicehttp://www.benton.org/cpphome.html Benton's Communications Policy & Practice Program seeks to infuse the emerging communications environment with public interest values, and demonstrate the value of communications for solving social problems and strengthening social bonds.
Google search on Information Communication Technology and policyA list of search results using the search engine Google.
Info21 resources on Policy Advice and Developmenthttp://www.undp.org/info21/sector/s-policy.html Links from UNDPs (United Nations Development Programme) Info21 resource centre.
Lycos search on Information Communication Technology and policyA list of search results using the search engine Lycos.
Yahoo directory on information technology policyhttp://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Science_and_Technology_Policy/Information_Technology/ Gives links to relevant organizations and articles.
Yahoo search on Information Communication Technology and policyhttp://google.yahoo.com/bin/query?p=information+communication+technology+policy&hc=0&hs=8 A list of search results using the search engine Yahoo. |
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