papers & documents

This paper focuses on scalability, sustainability and collaboration aspects in building infokiosk or knowledge center, summarising viewpoints from an e-discussions, Video Conference and the Task Force Reports emerged out of the National Policy Makers’ Workshop held in July 2004 in New Delhi. This Workshop envisaged the launch of Mission 2007, a nation-wide movement facilitating the setting up of knowledge centers/ info kiosks in each of India’s 600,000 villages by the year 2007.

Against the backdrop of the EU’s ICT strategy Lisbon framework, the report examines the relationship between social capital and ICT. It identifies the future research areas on this aspects in the European context.

This slideshow captures the growing influence of independent local radio stations started by Internews in Afghanistan.

This document is based on a research about how ICTs can improve literacy, strengthen training of teachers and promote science in the primary schools of Egypt and South Africa.

This analysis by the China Academy of Telecommunications Research shows the growth in the country’s fixed and mobile telephony and internet sectors.

The “ICT Sector Performance in Africa” reviews the growth of ICT services in
several African countries, analysing the achievements in comparison to the
stated national policies of governments. This is one of the few research reports highlighting the progress and hindrances in ICT-led growth in the
continent.

The second Annual Report of the United Nations Information and Communication Technologies Taskforce reviews the efforts of the organisation in forging public-private partnership in using ICTs for Development. The taskforce has been promoting an action plan on meeting development goals for the World Summit on the Information Society.

ICT is a threat to developing countries because it can increase the digital divide, but at the same time also an opportunity because it allows technical leapfrogging, says the joint declaration of ACP-EU drafted at WSIS in Geneva.

The outcome of a workshop on access and connectivity held in Stockholm reviews the prospects of applying ICT connectivity models in development projects.

The proceedings of the fourth annual Baramati Initiative "Connected for Development: Information Kiosks and Sustainability" is now available online.