Tag Archives: development
Accelerating development using the Web
George Sadowsky’s new edited book entitled “Accelerating development using the Web: empowering poor and marginalised populations” has just been launched at the WSIS Forum in Geneva. This contains some really excellent material, and is an important resource for those interested … Continue reading
Filed under Development, ICT4D
Advice for students on ICT4D programmes…
I’ve just had a great question posed to me by Brooke Kania: “I was just wondering, what are you looking for in students who are coming out of IDEV or ICT4D programs – what do you think the field needs … Continue reading
Filed under Higher Education, ICT4D
ACU Session at WISE 2011: Doctorates, development and the brain drain
I was delighted to be able to help the Association of Commonwealth Universities run a workshop on “Doctorates, development and and brain drain” at the recent World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) held in Doha from 1st-3rd November. This focused … Continue reading
Resources for sharing development knowledges
Sitting in an interesting meeting of the International Advisory Group of IDS’s MK4D (Mobilising Knowledge for Development) initiative, it struck me that there are now a number of similar initiatives, all trying to tackle the sharing of development knowledges in … Continue reading
Filed under ICT4D
Policy Brief on the Development Impact of ICT4D Partnerships
The Policy Brief resulting from the systematic review report by Marije Geldof, David Grimshaw, Dorothea Kleine and Tim Unwin on the development impact of ICT4D partnerships is now avalable from the R4D website (Policy Brief) and the ICT4D Collective website … Continue reading
Filed under Development, ICT4D
Important new report on the impact of ICT4D partnerships on development
Together with Marije Geldof, David Grimshaw and Dorothea Kleine from the ICT4D Collective, I have just completed a DFID funded systematic review on the development impact of ICT4D partnerships. This is part of the extensive programme of systematic reviews initiated … Continue reading
Filed under Development, ICT4D
ICTs, citizens and the state: moral philosophy and development practices
Great to see my latest paper just published in The Electronic Journal on Information Systems in Developing Countries – thanks to Mark Levy and Vignesh Ilvarasan for all their editorial work on this. The paper examines the moral implications of … Continue reading
Filed under Development, Ethics, ICT4D
Development as ‘economic growth’ or ‘poverty reduction’
Will economic growth lead to poverty reduction? I believe passionately that the market will never serve the interests of the poorest and most marginalised. This seems to me to be so clear and obvious that it scarcely needs defending! However, … Continue reading
Filed under Africa, Development, Ethics, ICT4D, Photographs
