The first phase of the World Summit on the Information Society held in December 2003 witnessed an illustrious dialogue among various stakeholders. This book captures those glittering moments in texts and images to keep your memory alive.
This collection of best practices presents practical examples of positive impacts of ICTs on development efforts in Eastern Europe and Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries.
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in this report points out that governments should encourage competition in broadband service provisioning
in rural areas. Contrary to the popular belief, private Wireless Internet Service Providers (WISPs) are now able to provide quality access in rural areas.
There is a clear distinction between commercially run internet cafes and info-kiosks aimed at providing information services to the underserved populace. This report focuses on the sustainability issues of this model of telecentres with case studies from different regions.
This is the 'alternative' declaration adopted by civil society representatives on the sidelines of the World Summit on the Information Society in Geneva. The declaration was needed because the official process had constantly been disillusioning and frustrating, said civil society representatives at a conference.
To mark the occasion of the World Summit on the Information Society that took place in Geneva from 10-12 December 2003, the Latin American Information Agency (ALAI - Spanish acronym) has published the book "Se cays el sistema: enredos de la Sociedad de la Informacisn". ("The system's down: The Information Society in Tangles). The book can be downloaded from the ALAI Website.
A short paper looking at the reality of participation and ownership in ICT for development field programmes. It focuses on Indian case studies of the UNDP information kiosk programme in Orissa and Madhya Pradesh.
Published by Orbicom, PAN-IDRC, UNDP-APDIP and Southbound, this publication provides a quick overview of how ICTs are being deployed across the region to facilitate socio-economic development. The overview chapter and reports of various authors' working groups are available for free download.
This brief paper executive summary of the third meeting of the Committee on Development Information of the UN Economic Commission for Africa provides an overview of Indian initiatives in online land records management. (in PDF format, 190k, 5 pages)
The first in a series of publications by Unesco twice a year in support of the JFIT-funded ICT in Education Programme in Asia and the Pacific. Includes annotated bibliographic information on publications on a variety of issues related to ICTs in education. The entire publication is available for download (in PDF format, 392k, 81 pages).
