Connecting ICTs to Development

The IDRC Experience
Herausgeber: Emdon, Heloise; Petrazzini, Ben; Elder, Laurent

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Produktbeschreibung

"Connecting ICTs to Development" highlights over fifteen years of IDRC-supported research in the field through its Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D) program.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Anthem Press
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 640g
• ISBN-13: 9780857281241
• ISBN-10: 0857281240
• Artikelnr.: 39359507

Autorenporträt

Laurent Elder is the program leader of the Information and Networks program at IDRC in Ottawa, Canada. Heloise Emdon is manager of international projects at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. Richard Fuchs is the founder and CEO of Futureworks Consulting, Inc., Hantsport, Nova Scotia, Canada. Ben Petrazzini is a senior program specialist in the Supporting Inclusive Growth program at IDRC, Ottawa, Canada.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION PART I: From Heresy to Orthodoxy: ICT4D at
IDRC – Richard Fuchs; INTRODUCTION PART II: From Beginning to End to
Beginning Again – Katie Bryant, Laurent Elder, Heloise Emdon and Richard
Fuchs; CHAPTER 1: Catalyzing Access through Social and Technical Innovation
– John-Harmen Valk, Frank Tulus, Raymond Hyma and Florencio Ceballos;
CHAPTER 2: Catalyzing Access via Telecommunications Policy and Regulatory
Research – John-Harmen Valk and Khaled Fourati; CHAPTER 3: Access to
Knowledge as a New Paradigm for Research on ICTs and Intellectual Property
– Jeremy de Beer and Sara Bannerman; CHAPTER 4: ICTs and Social Inclusion –
Chaitali Sinha and Raymond Hyma; CHAPTER 5: Access and Usage of ICTs by the
Poor (Part I) – Kathleen Diga; CHAPTER 6: Local Economic Opportunities and
ICTs: How ICTs Affect Livelihoods (Part II) – Kathleen Diga; CHAPTER 7:
Research on eHealth across Health Systems: Contributions to Strengthen a
Field – Chaitali Sinha and Dominique Garro-Strauss; CHAPTER 8: Making the
Grade: The Role of ICTs in Providing Access to Knowledge – Ahmed T. Rashid,
Alioune Camara, Maria Ng and Alicia Richero; CHAPTER 9: E-Government for
Development: ICTs in the Public Sector and the Evolving Citizen–Government
Relationship – Tara Fischer, Matthew L. Smith and John-Harmen Valk; CHAPTER
10: Innovations in Evaluating ICT4D Research – Sarah Earl, Chaitali Sinha
and Matthew L. Smith; CHAPTER 11: Conclusions: A Decade of Innovation that
Matters – Richard Fuchs and Laurent Elder; EPILOGUE: Into the Future: New
Opportunities and Threats in a Global Networked Society – Laurent Elder;
Author Biographies