ICT for Development

Links:

• Background paper on ICT-for-Development in Africa for the United Nations ICT Task Force, J. Okpaku, (2002).
• Better connected: empowering people through communications technology, Panos Media Toolkit on Communicating Research - No. 5, (2008).
• Chapman, R. & Slaymaker, T. (2002). ICTs and Rural Development: Review of the literature, current interventions and opportunities for action. (Overseas Development Institute Working Paper 192). (262K pdf)
• CIDA's Strategy on Knowledge for Development through Information and Communication Technologies (804K pdf)
• Digital Opportunity Channel provides education on the use of ICT as a tool for promoting digital opportunity for all.
• Free and Open Source Software Portal is a gateway to resources related to free software and the Open Source Technology movement.
• ICT4D resource page, from InfoDev.
• ICTs, adaptation to climate change, and sustainable development at the edges: An IISD commentary, D. MacLean, (2008).
• ICTS for development, Eldis' resource guide.
• ICTs for Development in Africa, Soul Beat, no. 69.
• Information and Communication Technologies for Development in Africa: Volume 2: The experience with community telecentres, edited by F. Etta and S. Parvyn-Wamahiu, (2003). Book is available for download.
• Information and Communication Technologies (ICT): Integrating digital tools into your projects, Peace Corps, (2003).
• Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Training of Trainers: Computer and Internet Use for Development, Peace Corps, (2002).
  • Facilitator guide
  • Participant handbook
• Information for Development (i4d) Magazine, features downloadable ICT-themed issues.
• International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD) specializes in ICT as a tool for development.
• ItrainOnline provides an excellent selection of computer and Internet training resources for development and social change.
• Reporters Without Borders. (2008). Handbook for bloggers and cyber-dissidents.
• The role of information and communication technologies in rural development and food security: Workshop report. Workshop held at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Rome, June 5-7, 2000.
• The role of intellectual property rights in information and communication technologies, C. N. Rao, 2004.