John Daly: Information Technology & Developing Countries

John A. Daly: Links to materials on Information Technology in Development

I have provided a number of hot links to materials on the role of information and communications technologies in developing countries.

I have assigned Larry Press' paper and the papers by Crede and Mansell for classes, and "Internet Counts" I hope remains useful as a primer on the impacts of the Internet.

dark_bullet The Role of Computer Networks in Development by Larry Press

dark_bullet Three Booklets on ICTs in Developing Countries by Andreas Crede and Robin Mansell (eds.)

dark_bullet Internet Counts: Measuring the Impact of the Internet (in Africa)

"Knowledge for Development" is an important document for those interested in ICTs in developing nations. infoDev, the Leland Initiative and the Bellanet program are three significant foreign assistance efforts dealing with information and communications technology. The International Center for Communications in Development is a European center for work on ICTs and development.

dark_bullet Knowledge for Development: The World Development Report of 1998 of the World Bank

dark_bullet The infoDev Program

dark_bullet The Leland Initiative of USAID

dark_bullet The Bellanet Program hosted by the Canadian International Development Research Center

dark_bullet The International Institute for Communications in Development<

The Development Gateway Portal has a lot of information on development assistance. I am an advisor to its topic pages on ICT for Development and the Knowledge Economy, which seek to develop communities of interest around those topics.

dark_bullet The Development Gateway Portal

dark_bullet The ICT for Development community page of the Gateway

dark_bullet The Knowledge Economy community page of the Gateway

The Network Startup Resource Center site has a lot of information about internet connectivity in developing countries. The Payson Center focuses on technology and development, and the Humanity Development Library is on the Payson Center web site. The HDL has a set of aging books on information and communications technology in development. For those really interested in technology and development, there is a the Payson center offers a Master's degree.

dark_bullet Olivier M.J. Crepin-Leblond's web site on internet connectivity at the Network Startup Resource Center.

dark_bullet Mike Jensen has a great deal of information on Internet connectivity in Africa

dark_bullet Payson Center for International Development and

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