The New Economy in Development: ICT Challenges and Opportunities (Abstract) Anthony P D’Costa, Dec 2006
This broadly looks at the new economy theoretically and emperically to understand development possibilities and challenges associated with the use of ICT and looks its increasing connectivity with services. The New Economy in Development - ICT Challenges and Opportunities.pdf
Information technology central to quest for development, dignity, peace, Secretary-General tells global alliance
Video message from UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for the opening session of the meeting of the Steering Committee of the Global Alliance for Information and Communication Technologies and Development, in Santa Clara, California UN Department of Public Information, News and Media Division, New York
In this video message the UN Secretary General highlights that “Information and communications technologies have a central role to play in the quest for development, dignity and peace”. View the full video message from the UN Secretary General
Power to the Edges: Trends and Opportunities in Online Civil Engagement Jillaine Smith, Martin Kearns, Allison Fine, Evolve Foundation 2005
This paper examines trends and strategies with regard to the present and future of online activism, fundraising and democracy. It reviews recent articles, studies and online discussions, as well as in-depth interviews with 19 leaders in the fields of online technologies, nonprofit capacity building, citizen engagement, and social networks. They also note that ‘New models of civic engagement require a different set of benchmarks, skills and training.’ Power to the Edges - Trends and Opportunities in Online Civic Engagement.pdf
Link, Search, Interact – The Co-evolution of NGOs and Interactive Technology Johnathan Bach & David Stark, Columbia University
This looks at how NGOs can take advantage of ‘Interactive Technology’. It argues that technology in itself cannot explain the rise of NGOs, since technology is a context which affords opportunities. It discusses the co-evolution of NGOs with interactive technology and looks at ways in which the artificial divide between “society” and “technology” can be overcome.
Link Search Interact - The Co-evolution of NGOs and Interactive Technology.pdf
Interview with Bill Clinton Esquire Magazine, Dec 2005
“This movement has grown so rapidly, and there’s so many people doing it, and it’s so entrepreneurial that I think it would profit from better coordination, more information sharing, and combining efforts.
There’s no association of NGOs, there’s no United Nations of NGOs, there’s no coordination. I think that since so much money is going out there, and since on the whole it’s fairly cost-efficient, I think that it would be beneficial if we all worked together more.”
Word Matters – Multicultural perspectives on information societies, Vecam, 7th Nov 2005
This is a compilation of a variety of reports and articles which provide different views on how information technology is related to a country’s development. Word Matters – Multicultural perspectives on information societies
Africa’s Information Society Hindered By Culture Of Secrecy
Mawaki Chango, Panos Features, 4th Aug 2004
This article looks at how Africans are embracing a ‘communications culture’, particularly through mobile phone technology, but that ‘communications’ culture does not necessarily lead to an ‘information culture’. It says that any strategies to increase information sharing must address cultural as well as technological barriers.
Africa’s Information Society Hindered by Culture of Secrecy
Why every Foundation Should Fund Infrastructure
Cynthia Gibson and Ruth McCambridge, The Nonprofit Quarterly, Infrastructure Issue 2004
“The communities in which nonprofits operate have also changed and become more diverse, while constituents expect more accountability, and technology continues to suggest new ways of working. All of these changes require that nonprofits learn and adapt quickly. This necessitates a vibrant, robust infrastructure that gathers, aggregates, and circulates information in real time. A healthy sector cannot be successful without an adequate infrastructure behind it.”
Appropriating the Internet for Social Change: Towards the Strategic Use of Networked Technologies by Transitional Civil Society Organisations Mark Surman & Katherine Reilly, Social Science Research Council, Nov 2003
This report explores the ways in which civil society can strategically use and are currently using networked technologies. Appropriating the Internet for Social Change: Towards the Strategic Use of Networked Technologies by Transitional Civil Society Organisations PDF
Shaping Information Societies for Human Needs – Civil Society Declaration to the World Summit on the Information Society WSIS Civil Society Plenary, Geneva 8th Dec 2003
This declaration emphasises the need for the promotion of ICT to promote the dignity and rights of all people and redress the gulf between levels of development worldwide. Shaping Information Societies for Human Needs – Civil Society Declaration to the World Summit on the Information Society
i-Government Working Paper Series Paper No. 11 Understanding e-Governance for Development Richard Heeks, IDPM, University of Manchester, 2001
This paper looks at 3 main contributions of e-governance: improving e-government processes, connecting citizens and building external interactions for an e-society. i-Government Working Paper Series No. 11 IDPM University of Manchester.pdf
Information Society and Informationization in the Electronic Age, Masahiro Okuno-Fukjiwara & Takuya Nakizumi, Institute for International Policy Studies, Tokyo, 14th – 15th Nov 2001
This paper looks at how ‘informationization’, the digitalisation of products and services, the progress made in data transmission technology and the subsequent increase in the volume of information can help in the acceleration of the economy.
Information Society and Informationization in the Electronic Age