This document proposes a five-year strategic plan for a new Program Initiative in the “Information and Communication Technologies for Development” (ICT4D) area in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), It will build on the lessons learned by these initiatives in previous programming cycles as well as build upon the LAC regional consultation, background papers and contributions of external reviewers and a variety of other consultative mechanisms.

This Partnership aims to accommodate and develop further the different initiatives regarding the availability and measurement of ICT indicators at the regional and international levels. It provides an open framework for coordinating ongoing and future activities, and for developing a coherent and structured approach to advancing the development of ICT indicators globally, and in particular in developing countries

Abstract: 'Performance indicators often refer more generally to how well a project is achieving its various objectives: this allows comparison of project performance with the targets and goals set out for it. Indicators are at the heart of any evaluation, and it requires considerable effort to first identify them, then refine them, and, ultimately, agree on them.

Indicators are measuring devices. They define concepts, such as telecentre user or improved emergency response in terms of the meas more...

A report released at the World Summit on the Information Society identified a significant role for information and communication technologies (ICT) in strategies for African development. The report notes that NEPAD1 includes a strong focus on the dual strategies of ICT Development (ICTD) and ICT for Development (ICT4D).

In this paper we argue that universities in developing nations are potentially important players in both of these NEPAD strategies, and that the 'eReadiness' of universities i more...

This handbook contains ICT4D initiatives of selected South Asian organisations covering key aspects of their activities including impact, innovation, partnerships, management as well as the challenges they face in implementing their ideas.

The information gathering approach and preparation of the cases are designed so that readers and users can easily understand the ideas behind the models and can make comparisons across models.

UN-APCICT is compiling a series of case studies on different aspects of information and communications technology for development (ICT4D) from across the Asia-Pacific region. Two issues of the UN-APCICT Case Study Series on ICT4D will be published (in print and online) each year.
Each issue will focus on one or more ICT4D theme(s).
For the inaugural issue, the themes include:
Technological Convergence and the New Media; e-Governance; and Gender.

The deadline for submission of case stud more...

Information Technologies and International Development
Call for papers for a special issue on HCI and International Development


Submission deadline: October 21, 2008




Information Technologies and International Development (ITID) is the leading journal focusing on the intersection of information andcommunication technologies (ICT) with international development.Published by the MIT Press and edited at the University of Southern
California and the Georgia Institute more...

The 3rd IEEE/ACM International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD2009) will be held 17-19 April 2009 in Doha, Qatar (http://www.ictd2009.org). This conference will act as a focal point for new scholarship in the field of ICT and international development. Confirmed speakers include a keynote by Bill Gates, Chairman of Microsoft Corporation.

Papers are being solicited with a deadline date of 22 Sept 2008. Informal feedback on outtlines/abstracts c more...