Information technology for development?
Posted 01/15/2004
On July 18, 2003, Christian Sandvig assisted in convening "IT4D?" (Information Technology for development? at Wolfson College, Oxford University. This workshop was a continuation of our earlier workshop series convened by our research group at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies at Oxford University.
Full text papers are available here: http://pcmlp.socleg.ox.ac.uk/it4d/
Project reports, research reports, and position papers topics included:
- The e-Development Challenge
- A Case Study of Uzebekistan
- A Computer Lab in the ‘Bush’
- How to Evaluate Community-Based Media Initiatives
- Utilizing the Knowledge-Based Economy to Empower the Poor
- The Difference Between Development Goals and Technology Outcomes
- Information and Society Do Not Necessarily Make an Information Society
- Content Creation and Strategy in an ActionAid development project in India
- Internet Connectivity in the Arab World
- Major Lessons from the OECD Global Forums
- ICTs, Livelihoods, and Small-Scale Producers
- The Attachment to Links Project
The Convenor of this workshop was Philip Howard. This workshop and report was kindly sponsored by the Economic and Social Research Council of the UK.
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