Connecting ICTs to Development: The IDRC Experience

Connecting ICTs to Development

The IDRC Experience

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Edited by Ben Petrazzini, Heloise Emdon, Laurent Elder, Richard Fuchs

Publisher:: Anthem Press
Online publication date:: March 2014
Print publication year:: 2013
Online ISBN:: 9780857281364

Subjects:: History of Science and Technology, History

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'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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The IDRC Experience

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

Acknowledgments
pp vii-viii

Introduction Part I - From Heresy to Orthodoxy: ICT4D at IDRC
pp 1-18

Introduction Part II - From Beginning to End to Beginning Again
pp 19-26

Chapter 1 - Catalyzing Access through Social and Technical Innovation
pp 27-56

Chapter 2 - Catalyzing Access via Telecommunications Policy and Regulatory Research
pp 57-74

Chapter 3 - Access to Knowledge as a New Paradigm for Research on ICTs and Intellectual Property
pp 75-90

Chapter 4 - ICTs and Social Inclusion
pp 91-116

5 - Access and Usage of ICTs by the Poor (Part I)
pp 117-136

Chapter 6 - Local Economic Opportunities and ICTs: How ICTs Affect Livelihoods (Part II)
pp 137-160

Chapter 7 - Research on eHealth across Health Systems: Contributions to Strengthen a Field
pp 161-196

Chapter 8 - Making the Grade: The Role of ICTs in Providing Access to Knowledge
pp 197-214

Chapter 9 - E-Government for Development: ICTs in the Public Sector and the Evolving Citizen–Government Relationship
pp 215-240

Chapter 10 - Innovations in Evaluating ICT4D Research
pp 241-266

Chapter 11 - Conclusions: A Decade of Innovation that Matters
pp 267-278

Epilogue Into the Future: New Opportunities and Threats in a Global Networked Society
pp 279-286

Author Biographies
pp 287-290

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