Information and Communications for Development 2009: Extending Reach and Increasing Impact takes an in-depth look at how ICT, and particularly broadband and mobile, are impacting economic growth in developing countries. The data section includes at-a-glance tables for 150 economies of the latest available data on ICT sector performance. Performance measures for access, affordability and applications in government and business are also introduced.

In the decade since Napster’s launch, selling recorded music has become as much of an art as making the music itself. The music industry has been on the front lines of the battle to convert freeloaders into paying customers, and their efforts have been watched closely by other digitized industries—newspapers, book publishing and Hollywood among them—who are hoping to staunch their own bleeding before it’s too late.

Paraguay Educa is a non governmental organization that is implementing the One Laptop Per Child project in Paraguay. We now started the deployment in a City called Caacupe, with 3.600 kids and 150 teachers. All this was accoplished thanks to a donation of SWIFT of 4.000 laptops and the help of private enterprises and the local government of the Cordillera Department. We are trying to get the support of the national government to do it nation wide. We have a volunteer program for people who are i more...

Access to sufficient Internet bandwidth enables worldwide electronic collaboration, access to informational resources, rapid and effective communication, and grants membership to a global community. Therefore, bandwidth is probably the single most critical resource at the disposal of a modern organisation. The goal of this book is to provide practical information on how to gain the largest possible benefit from your connection to the Internet. By applying the monitoring and optimisation techniqu more...

The University of the South Pacific has developed a network for satellite communications among its 12 campuses. This report discusses its performance.
Asian Development Bank, 2008. (PDF, 48 pages)

Social network websites are becoming a global phenomenon. Millions now go online to engage in social networks. According to Wikipedia, there are some 1.5 billion members worldwide. Where is this growth taking place? What does this mean for web2fordev? And what role do mobile phones play?

This first article is part of a series of three. It looks at the growth of social network websites worldwide, its implications and differences from former online network exchanges, and looks into the web2ford more...

'Esta publicación forma parte del conjunto de productos de conocimiento que desarrolla el
PNUD Argentina, con el fin de ofrecer sus experiencias a los gobiernos y organismos decisores.
Este material está dirigido especialmente a dos públicos: los potenciales promotores de iniciativas de microcrédito , a quienes brinda orientaciones y herramientas para la formulación, implementación y monitoreo de
este tipo de proyectos; y las organizaciones de la sociedad civil, que pueden
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The key step in India’s long-overdue governance reforms is making the bureaucracy more Web-oriented.
Dr D.C.Misra, June 17, 2009

This list of ICT tools was crowd sourced from individual educationalists and not companies. The question 'What Indispensable ICT tools do you use in education' was asked. The list is not meant to be exhaustive.

So far micro-blogging has been used either externally to promote the own organization, to engage within a community of practice or with stakeholders. Some development organizations are using twitter to promote their mission and operations. These include - among others - UNHCR, the World Food Programme, OECD or the World Bank. The system offers the opportunity for sharing information about the organization, networking with potential partners, and discussing issues with a broader audience. Smalle more...