Search
GIS implementation to support poverty reduction policy and drought management in Ethiopia
(2005-04)
This research was conducted with the aim of studying the qualitative and quantitative aspects for the wide utilization of GIS technology in Ethiopia as the backbone information infrastructure for drought management and ...
Keynote speech : information as an economic resource
(2005-04)
Information is intrinsically linked to human beings, groups and society and is the Basis for their capacity to perceive, interpret, understand and transform the world. From the dawn of human society, information has always ...
The role of information and communication technology in education and health
(2001-06)
Information and Communication Technology (IC)T is impetuously spreading in developing countries that its contribution in work is becoming more apparent to most of users. The indisputable acceptance of the technology becomes ...
Rapport du comité
(1999-07)
La première réunion du Comité de l'Information pour le Développement (CODI) s'est tenue du 28 juin au 2 juillet 1999, au siége de la Commission économique pour l'Afrique (CEA), à Addis-Abeba.
Les Etats membres suivants ...
A strategy to accelerate African development through the increased use of information and communication technologies : the African development forum '99 post ADF summit
(2001-08)
Amid talk of the growing digital divide between rich and poor countries, an increasing number of Africans are making innovative use of new information and communication technologies (ICTs). ♦ In Morocco, a local Internet ...
E-Strategies in Africa : national, sectoral and regional ICT policies, plans and strategies
(2003-04)
In the global networked economy, information and knowledge have become strategic resources, based on which governments, corporations and the public at large make their decisions. The availability of up-to-date and accurate ...
Information and communication technology for health sector : the African Development Forum '99 post ADF summit
(2001-08)
This paper focuses on the ICT applications in African health care are in many instances characterized by islands of donor-supported projects that have little impact on the growing health crisis because they often prove too ...
The Information Technology Centre for Africa (ITCA) : business plan for 2001-2002
(2001-08)
The concept of ITCA has grown out of the need to wrap a framework around the growing number of mandates and ICT related outreach activities and the opportunity to reach the approximately 18,000 conference participants that ...
Report on indicators of information and communications technologies and the impact of information and communications technology at the country level
(2003-04)
The scan ICT initiative was implemented as a collaborative project between the Acacia programme of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) , with financial support ...
The African Development Forum '99 post ADF summit : Information and communication technology policies and strategies
(2001-08)
The majority of African countries are experiencing socio-economic challenges characterized by low growth rates, balance of payment difficulties, the consequences of weak industrial bases and poor infrastructure, heavy ...