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| Author | : Fisseha Mekuria |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 368 |
| Release | : 2019-08-01 |
| Genre | : Computers |
| ISBN | : 3030266303 |
This book constitutes the proceedings of the Second International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for Development for Africa, ICT4DA 2019, held in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, in May 2019. The 29 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 69 submissions. The papers address the impact of ICT in fostering economic development in Africa. In detail they cover the following topics: artificial intelligence and data science; wireless and mobile computing; and Natural Language Processing.
| Author | : Vivien Foster |
| Publisher | : World Bank Publications |
| Total Pages | : 311 |
| Release | : 2011-06-23 |
| Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
| ISBN | : 0821384546 |
Africa's ICT Infrastructure reviews how the investment in the sector has been financed and how the structure of the market has changed since the liberalization process started. It looks at the role of both private and public institutions as sources of financing for the sector and charts the emergence of investors from developing countries in leading the expansion of the sector across the region. --
| Author | : Ineke Buskens |
| Publisher | : IDRC |
| Total Pages | : 234 |
| Release | : 2009-04 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 1848131925 |
Based on the outcome of an extensive research project, this book features chapters based on original primary field research undertaken by academics & activists who have investigated situations within their own communities & countries.
| Author | : Edith Ofwona Adera |
| Publisher | : IDRC |
| Total Pages | : 273 |
| Release | : 2014 |
| Genre | : Computers |
| ISBN | : 1552505391 |
'ICT Pathways to Poverty Reduction' presents a conceptual framework to analyse how poverty dynamics change over time and to shed light on whether ICT access benefits the poor as well as the not-so-poor. Essential reading for policymakers, researchers, and academics in international development or ICT for development.
| Author | : Patience Idaraesit Akpan-Obong |
| Publisher | : Peter Lang |
| Total Pages | : 232 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| Genre | : Computers |
| ISBN | : 9781433103100 |
In recent years, information and communication technologies (ICTs) have been linked with socioeconomic development with the assumption that they can be harnessed for economic growth in developing countries and facilitate integration into the global information society. However, very few studies in the ICT-for-development field examine the direct connections between ICTs and socioeconomic growth. Information and Communication Technologies in Nigeria: Prospects and Challenges for Development is a compelling account of the development of ICTs in Nigeria. It examines the ICT policy framework and the societal context within which application of the technologies emerged and highlights the potentials of ICTs in socioeconomic development. However, this book also demonstrates, through interviews and case studies, that ICTs are not the panacea to underdevelopment; constraining factors in different countries can limit their capacity to succeed. The author employs a rare multidisciplinary approach that makes the book appealing and accessible to a diverse range of readership.
| Author | : Iginio Gagliardone |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 191 |
| Release | : 2016-11-10 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 1107177855 |
Influencing Policy without Influencing Technology
| Author | : Oscar A. García |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 173 |
| Release | : 2019-07-09 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 042965054X |
Written by a team of expert practitioners at the Independent Office of Evaluation of International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), this book gives an insight into the implications of new and emerging technologies in development evaluation. Growing technologies such as big data analytics, machine learning and remote sensing present new opportunities for development practitioners and development evaluators, particularly when measuring indicators of the Sustainable Development Goals. The volume provides an overview of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in the context of evaluation, looking at the theory and practice, and discussing how the landscape may unfold. It also considers concerns about privacy, ethics and inclusion, which are crucial issues for development practitioners and evaluators working in the interests of vulnerable populations across the globe. Among the contributions are case studies of seven organizations using various technologies for data collection, analysis, dissemination and learning. This valuable insight into practice will be of interest to researchers, practitioners and policymakers in development economics, development policy and ICT.
| Author | : P. T. H. Unwin |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 412 |
| Release | : 2009-02-09 |
| Genre | : Computers |
| ISBN | : 9780521712361 |
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| Author | : Mila Gascó Hernández |
| Publisher | : IGI Global |
| Total Pages | : 356 |
| Release | : 2007 |
| Genre | : Computers |
| ISBN | : |
"This book aspires to describe the link between ICTs and human development (which includes economic, social and political development), to identify the potential applications of ICTs in several areas, and to provide insightful analysis about those factors (also contextual and institutional ones) that affect ICTs for development initiatives success or failure"--Provided by publisher.
| Author | : Tim Unwin |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
| Total Pages | : 309 |
| Release | : 2017-05-18 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 0192514512 |
The development of new Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) has transformed the world over the last two decades. These technologies are often seen as being inherently 'good', with the ability to make the world better, and in particular to reduce poverty. However, their darker side is frequently ignored in such accounts. ICTs undoubtedly have the potential to reduce poverty, for example by enhancing education, health delivery, rural development and entrepreneurship across Africa, Asia and Latin America. However, all too often, projects designed to do so fail to go to scale, and are unsustainable when donor funding ceases. Indeed, ICTs have actually dramatically increased inequality across the world. The central purpose of this book is to account for why this is so, and it does so primarily by laying bare the interests that have underlain the dramatic expansion of ICTs in recent years. Unless these are fully understood, it will not be possible to reclaim the use of these technologies to empower the world's poorest and most marginalised.
