[UgaBYTES] Fwd: Information and Communication Technologies for Development: 28 new items

[Ahmed Ndaula]

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1. Impact Assessment of Macro level Policies on ICTs
2. Telecom advances throw up new challenges for operators: OECD
Communications Outlook 2007
3. The Center for Measuring University Performance
4. "Securing the Future: Regional and National Programs to Support the
Semiconductor Industry"
5. "Frontiers of Engineering:  Reports on Leading-Edge Engineering from the
2003 NAE Symposium on Frontiers of Engineering"
6. Voting Technologies
7. Computers in African Universities
8. Mobile service helps bring down infant mortality in Mali
9. Global E-Government, 2007
10. Models in Environmental Regulatory Decision Making
11. Youth, ICTs and Development
12. dgCommunities Member Survey 2006 Results
13. Télécoms sans Frontières (TSF)
14. Preparing a new generation of media trainers in Central Asia
15. the press freedom dimension, challenges and opportunities of new media
16. Cyber village project in Myanmar
17. UNDP-APDIP and APCICT Release e-Primer on Small and Medium Enterprises
and ICT
18. PC4Peace
19. COM+ Alliance of Communicators for Sustainable Development
20. Empowering Information Professionals: A Training Program on Information
and Communication Technology.
21. Mobile Phone Study Provides Economic Proof in 'Digital Divide' Debate
22. Compendium for On-line and Distance Education in Municipal Public
Administration
23. Chennai (India) corporation to implement e-Governance
24. MCA 21 is to exploit the benefits of e-Governance
25. Rural Sri Lanka being linked to the "Information Highway"
26. One stop service to implement e-governance in Karnatak
27. Internet Advocacy Center
28. Free Press
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1. Impact Assessment of Macro level Policies on ICTs
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do~1110135?intcmp=700
June 2003 paper by Dr. Rona Wilkinson, highlighting key macro level policies
that have an impact on the diffusion of ICTs, and providing lists of
potential impact indicators to use to monitor the extent to which these
policies have the desired impacts.
Contributed by Barbara Fillip on 2 August, 2007

2. Telecom advances throw up new challenges for operators: OECD
Communications Outlook 2007
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do~1110278?intcmp=700
Investment on telecommunications continues to rise and consumers are
generally paying less for more and better services across the OECD area but
technology developments are presenting new challenges to telecoms operators,
according to a new OECD report titled OECD ...
Contributed by Suparna Roy on 4 August, 2007

3. The Center for Measuring University Performance
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do~1110292?intcmp=700
The Center's  annual report, The Top American Research Universities , offers
analysis and data useful for understanding American research university
performance. The Top American Research Universities annual publication
provides a comprehensive set of data on over ...
Contributed by John Daly on 4 August, 2007

4. "Securing the Future: Regional and National Programs to Support the
Semiconductor Industry"
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do~1110308?intcmp=700
Description: "Based on the deliberations of a high-level international
conference, this report summarizes the presentations of an exceptional group
of experts, convened by Intel s Chairman Emeritus Gordon Moore and SEMATECH
s Chairman Emeritus William Spencer.  ...
Contributed by John Daly on 4 August, 2007

5. "Frontiers of Engineering:  Reports on Leading-Edge Engineering from the
2003 NAE Symposium on Frontiers of Engineering"
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do~1110311?intcmp=700
Description: "This volume includes 14 papers from the National Academy of
Engineering's Ninth Annual U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium held in
September 2003. The U.S. Frontiers meeting brings together 100 outstanding
engineers (ages 30-45) to learn from  ...
Contributed by John Daly on 4 August, 2007

6. Voting Technologies
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do~1110325?intcmp=700
Bridges, a magazine of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering for a
general audience, has published this special issue on voting technologies.
While it is intended primarily for a U.S. audience, the materials may be of
interest to those in other nations. Volume ...
Contributed by John Daly on 4 August, 2007

7. Computers in African Universities
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do~1110330?intcmp=700
Are computers necessary for a university education? It is possible to teach
most subjects well and thoroughly without expensive technology. But
computers offer a solution to a problem identified by all the students
surveyed: outdated textbooks and course materials ...
Contributed by Christian Kreutz on 4 August, 2007

8. Mobile service helps bring down infant mortality in Mali
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do~1110331?intcmp=700
In Coura, a district of Mali's capital Bamako, it's now possible to monitor
the health of local infants closely in real time with the launch of a new
pilot project dubbed Pesinet. Initiated and funded by Alcatel-Lucent,
Fondation Orange Mali, Afrique Initiatives ...
Contributed by Christian Kreutz on 4 August, 2007

9. Global E-Government, 2007
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do~1110445?intcmp=700
Asian countries continue to dominate international e-government ratings,
taking three of the top four spots in a global e-government study undertaken
by researchers at Brown University. South Korea earned the top rank,
followed by Singapore, Taiwan, the United  ...
Contributed by Mikhail Doroshevich on 5 August, 2007

10. Models in Environmental Regulatory Decision Making
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do~1110447?intcmp=700
Summary: "Many regulations issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) are based on the results of computer models. Models help EPA
explain environmental phenomena in settings where direct observations are
limited or unavailable, and anticipate the ...
Contributed by John Daly on 5 August, 2007

11. Youth, ICTs and Development
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do~1110531?intcmp=700
In this exciting article published by the World Bank, David J. McKenzie
examines the general trend in the use of information and communication
technologies (ICTs), both old and new by the youth. Despite the fact that
they still watch television and listen to the ...
Contributed by Chijioke Evoh on 6 August, 2007

12. dgCommunities Member Survey 2006 Results
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do~1110650?intcmp=700
The Development Gateway s dgCommunities launched a survey in September 2006
to obtain up-to-date member feedback on use and impact of the entire
dgCommunities platform and service. The survey closed in January 2007. There
were close to 1500 survey respondents.  ...
Contributed by Mike Pereira on 6 August, 2007

13. Télécoms sans Frontières (TSF)
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do~1110679?intcmp=700
Télécoms sans Frontières (TSF) is a French voluntary agency (total staff: a
dozen) that provides communications assistance in the case of emergencies.
It has signed an agreement with the United Nations to become the
telecommunications  First Responder  in emergencies ...
Contributed by Thomas BEKKERS on 6 August, 2007

14. Preparing a new generation of media trainers in Central Asia
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do~1110681?intcmp=700
According to this article recently published by UNESCO, the Asia-Pacific
Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD) and UNESCO recently
implemented a training of trainers workshop. It provided professional
broadcasters and personnel from media NGOs in Central ...
Contributed by Thomas BEKKERS on 6 August, 2007

15. the press freedom dimension, challenges and opportunities of new media
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do~1110682?intcmp=700
This publication is a record of an international conference, organized by
UNESCO, the World Press Freedom Committee and the World Association of
Newspapers on New Media: The Press Freedom Dimension Challenges and
Opportunities of New Media for Press Freedom. The ...
Contributed by Thomas BEKKERS on 6 August, 2007

16. Cyber village project in Myanmar
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do~1110683?intcmp=700
According to a recent article published by Voices of Youth, Myanmar will
implement a cyber village project aiming to enable every village in
the country to have access to internet link like urban cities, according to
computer entrepreneur circle. A pioneer pilot ...
Contributed by Thomas BEKKERS on 6 August, 2007

17. UNDP-APDIP and APCICT Release e-Primer on Small and Medium Enterprises
and ICT
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do~1110736?intcmp=700
SMEs can benefit either as producers of ICT or as users of ICT for purposes
such as increased productivity, faster communications and reaching new
clients. This e-Primer, with a foreword by Kim Hak-Su, (i) discusses
benefits ICT brings to SMEs; (ii) explores possible ...
Contributed by Christine Apikul on 6 August, 2007

18. PC4Peace
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do~1110929?intcmp=700
PC4peace is a Non-Profit Organization founded in November 2003 (Kyoto,
Japan) with the express interest of helping developing nations to reuse
decommissioned  technologies (mainly computers that can be used in
schools)in needy schools in its project countries.  ...
Contributed by John Daly on 7 August, 2007

19. COM+ Alliance of Communicators for Sustainable Development
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do~1111035?intcmp=700
The Com+ alliance is a partnership of international organizations and
communications professionals from diverse sectors committed to using
communications to advance a vision of sustainable development that
integrates its three pillars: economic, social and environmental ...
Contributed by John Daly on 8 August, 2007

20. Empowering Information Professionals: A Training Program on Information
and Communication Technology.
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do~1111169?intcmp=700
This is a nine module program intended for people working in libraries and
information centers. It is intended to provide these people with the ICT
knowledge and skills then need to work in those libraries and info centers.
All the modules have a teachers guide ...
Contributed by John Daly on 8 August, 2007

21. Mobile Phone Study Provides Economic Proof in 'Digital Divide' Debate
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do~1111177?intcmp=700
Fishermen, traders, and consumers have all benefited from the fishing
industry s adoption of mobile phones in Kerala, India, according to research
published by Robert Jensen, a visiting professor at Brown University's
Watson Institute for International Studies, ...
Contributed by Karen Lynch on 8 August, 2007

22. Compendium for On-line and Distance Education in Municipal Public
Administration
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do~1111192?intcmp=700
These resources were developed by ICMA, the International City/County
Management Association, to promote e-learning and distance education at the
municipal level in Latin America, with support from the Regional Office for
Sustainable Development, Latin American ...
Contributed by Isabelle Bully-Omictin on 8 August, 2007

23. Chennai (India) corporation to implement e-Governance
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do~1111210?intcmp=700
According to this article published by the Information for Development (I4D)
online magazine, the Chennai City Corporation, Tamil Nadu has chalked out
new measures to implement e-Governance in association with Electronics
Corporation of Tamil Nadu (ELCOT).


Contributed by Suparna Roy on 8 August, 2007

24. MCA 21 is to exploit the benefits of e-Governance
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do~1111212?intcmp=700
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs is all set to exploit the benefits of its
ambitious e-Governance programme   MCA21, which is considered to have been
successfully implemented by the Government of India as one of the Mission
Mode Projects under the NeGP. Learn  ...
Contributed by Suparna Roy on 8 August, 2007

25. Rural Sri Lanka being linked to the "Information Highway"
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do~1111214?intcmp=700
This article was recently hlighlighted by Information 4 Development (I4D)
online Magazine. Thanks to an Asian Development Bank funded project, people
of Community Information Centers (CICs) in  three districts are now able to
access to vital information that helps ...
Contributed by Suparna Roy on 9 August, 2007

26. One stop service to implement e-governance in Karnatak
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do~1111226?intcmp=700
BangaloreOne is a very innovative and effective project to implement
E-Governance project in Karnataka. The Governamnet of Karnatak is very keen
to to provide integrated services to the citizens deploying the tools of
information and communication technology(ICT ...
Contributed by Suparna Roy on 9 August, 2007

27. Internet Advocacy Center
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do~1111304?intcmp=700
The Internet Advocacy Center (IAC), a project of Turner Strategies, is a
strategic resource for citizens, organizations, and coalitions seeking to
integrate the Internet and other technologies into their advocacy and
political campaigns. The resulting goal: to  ...
Contributed by John Daly on 9 August, 2007

28. Free Press
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/ict/rc/ItemDetail.do~1111305?intcmp=700
Free Press is a u.S. national, nonpartisan organization working to reform
the media. Through education, organizing and advocacy, it seeks to  promote
diverse and independent media ownership, strong public media, and universal
access to communications. Its Free  ...
Contributed by John Daly on 9 August, 2007



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