Le Centre régional de cartographie des ressources pour le développement (RCMRD), établi à Nairobi (Kenya), organise périodiquement des réunions en vue de débattre de questions diverses au sein du Comité technique (CT) et ...

The strategic link between poverty reduction in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and sustainable agricultural growth which heavily depends on effective and efficient agricultural extension delivery was examined. The pivotal role ...

This paper is a contribution to the ongoing debate over the role of governance and citizenship in promoting information literacy abilities. In other words, to what extent have good governance and citizenship empowered ...

The demand for spatial information in relation to decision-making can be considered from different perspectives. First and foremost, the process of making decisions requires information as an input. Decisions made in this ...

The Committee on Development Information (CODI) is composed of statisticians, librarians, information and Geo-information specialists, who are government officials of the members States of the Economic Commission for ...

Knowledge is increasingly perceived as the principal driver of economic growth and development in both developed and developing countries. “Africa’s most urgent need is knowledge for production and development,” was the ...

This document provides an overview of the statistical activities since CODI III.and aims to obtain the views of the sub-committee on the proposed work programme for the biennium 2006-2007

The selection of the CODI IV theme on ‘Information as an Economic Resource’, signals the need for communication specialists and economists to begin rethinking the role of information in economic development, and potential ...

Literacy in general and functional literacy in particular are at the heart of any educational empowerment. Simply defined, literacy relates to acquisition of skills to use written language. Literacy is a powerful tool that ...