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Developing African economies : the role of women: theme 1
(1998-05)
Globalization is defined as a process through which finance, investment, production
and marketing are increasingly dominated by firms whose vision and actions are not
confined by national borders or national interests. ...
Capacity development indicators for spatial data infrastructures in Africa
(2005-04)
This paper is examine, for the need for a "comprehensive assessment of the existing capacity for the establishment and management of SDI" within the framework of the recommendations of the "African Regional Preparatory ...
An integrated ICT-led socio-economic development policy and plan development framework for Ghana
(2003)
The preparation of the two volumes of this report would not have been possible without the support and contributions of a number of people. Special
thanks and appreciation goes to: the Government of Ghana for its role in ...
Infrastructure required for the establishment of a regional transport database in ECA
(1994-08)
Managed by the World Bank, would identify: a set of core data necessary for monitoring and operating the transport sector; reasons why transport data are not properly collected at the national and sub regional levels; make ...
UN-ICT task force African regional meeting: united nations conference center Addis Ababa 21-22 January 2001
(2001-01)
At the invitation of the Economic Commission for Africa (EC A) and with the support of the United Nations ICT Task Force secretariat, a meeting was organised to launch the UN ICT Task Force African Stakeholders Network in ...
E-strategies : National Information and Communication Infrastructure (NICI) : best practices and lessons learnt
(2007-11)
Africa’s economic performance since the mid-1990s has raised hopes of a possible turnaround, compared to the stagnation of the previous two decades. Advances in information and communication technology (ICT) over the last ...
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 ...
Applicability of near-real-time satellite data acquisition, analysis & distribution of geoinformation in support of African development
(2005-04)
Within the past two decades, Africa has reached a milestone in transitioning from an Area of Interest (AOI) for satellite remote sensing scientists, primarily within the industrialized countries, to a modest base for regular ...
Improved access to development information in Africa
(1996-03)
"Economic development in Africa will depend heavily on the development of the information sector. Countries will need the ability to communicate efficiently with local and overseas markets to determine where they may have ...
Analyse des rapports de pays : mise en oeuvre des lignes d'action du sommet mondial sur la société de l'information en Afrique
(2009-07)
Le présent rapport, qui est établi dans le cadre de l’Initiative «Société de l’information en Afrique», fait partie du programme de travail qu’exécute la Commission économique pour l’Afrique pour mettre en œuvre les résultats ...