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Report of the international conference on African Women and Economic Development : investing in our future
(1998-06)
This document focuses on the report of the international conference on “African women and economic development: investing in our future” held on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the economic commission for Africa. ...
Briefing note on ADF '99 and follow-up of the recommendations of CODI 1999
(2001-08)
Convinced of the importance of a forum where major stakeholders could gather in order to discuss most crucial developmental issues, to consult with their peers, plan their own strategy and design corresponding action plans, ...
Reforms in higher education and the use of information technology : Issues in higher education, Economic growth, and information technology
(2001-11)
This paper is driven by the proposition that higher education contributes directly to economic productivity which determines the standard of living of a country. It argues that in an increasingly knowledge-based economy, ...
Information and communicatioin technology as a tool for modernisation
(2001-09)
It is argued that Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is a vital too! In Africa's modernization plan. Information Technology, Communication Technology, and their convergence into ICT are discussed. The use of ...
The role of ICT in OSSREA's activities : a briefing note prepared for the 2nd meeting of the Committee on Development Inforamtion (CODI) on the theme of "development information and decision making"
(2001-09)
The Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa (OSSREA) is a membership-based research network whose Secretariat is located in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. It was founded in 1980 in the town of ...
Reform in higher education and the use of information technology : using information technology to improve higher education output and delivrables in Ghana
(2001-11)
We are in the age of the knowledge economy. The development process no longer focuses on the availability of land, labour and capital, in the traditional sense but on the importance and level of knowledge. The knowledge ...
Partnerships in higher education in Africa : communications implications beyond the 2000s
(2003)
Africa's dilemma in the area of higher education is best exemplified by the outstanding contradiction between obsolete, outdated programs and demands for more democracy, more relevance and equity, less dependence vis-a-vis ...
Reforms in higher education and the use of information technology : a typology of higher education institution in Africa
(2001-11)
Though relatively young, Universities in Sub-Saharan post-independent Africa have achieved much. They have grown from just 6 institutions in the '60s to more than 100 in 1993 (See ADEA 1999). The increase in number of ...
Rapport de la neuvième session de la conférence des planificateurs, statisticiens et spécialistes de la population et de l' information Africains
(1999-06)
La neuvième session de la Conférence des planificateurs, statisticiens et spécialistes de la population et de l'information africains s'est tenue au siège de la CEA, a Addis Abeba, du 11 au 16 mars 1996. La Conférence a ...
Women and information communication technologies: setting the context for information literacy programme and social change in Cameroon
(2007-04)
The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) define information literacy as the ability to identify, locate, access, evaluate and apply the needed information. Such a definition highlights the importance of ...