Community-Based Natural Resource Management Network (CBNRM Net): Resources, Topics, Issues, Information and communication technology (ICT)

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Information and communication technology (ICT)

Overview statement

These pages focus on the application of ICT to development aid. And, as a corollary, on the complex relationship between ICT and development aid.

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Context statement

This is a very large field, and some self-imposed limitations is in order. Thematically, the focus will be specific ICTs, namely email and the Internet, and especially as applied to networking activities, broadly defined, within the area of natural resource management. Geographically speaking there is an emphasis on Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Documents

Kole, Ellen S. 2001. On-line debate on the social management of new technologies i Africa. URL: www.iimahd.ernet.in/egov/ifip/aug2001/article5.htm. Comments: In: IFIP WG9.4 Newsletter, vol 11, no 2 (August 2001).
Soeftestad, Lars T. 2001. "Aligning needs and means. On culture, ICT and knowledge in development cooperation. Paper presented at the 24th Information Systems Research Seminar in Scandinavia, Ulvik, Hardanger, Norway, 11-14 August 2001. Keywords: CBNRM Net, communication, culture, development cooperation, development aid, ICT, IKT, knowledge management, knowledge sharing, networking, networks, political ecology. Comments: ?. [download]
Soeftestad, Lars T. 2002. "CBNRM Net: Knowledge management and networking for the global CBNRM community of practice." Paper prepared for the Ninth Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Common Property (IASCP), Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, 17-21 June 2002. Keywords: networking, IASCP, Africa, West Africa. Comments: Part of the panel 'Transcending barriers: the role of networks in NRM', co-sponsored by CBNRM Net. [download]
Soeftestad, Lars T. and Maung K. Sein. 2002. "ICT and development: East is east and west is west and never the twain shall meet?" In: Proceedings of the Seventh International Working Conference of the International Federation for Information Processing, Working Group 9.4, Bangalore, 29-31 May 2002, p 234-45. Bangalore and London: Indian Institute of Management Bangalore and Commonwealth Secretariat. Keywords: development aid, developing countries, information and communication technology, ICT. Comments: Conference title: "Social implications of computers in developing countries". Working Group 9.4 has the title "Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries". [download]

Links

Acacia - Communities and the information society in Africa. URL: www.idrc.ca/research/xacacia_e.html
Africa, Technologies, Information and Development (AFTIDEV). URL: www.aftidev.net/. Comments: Carries various discussion groups.
Bellanet. URL: www.bellanet.org/
Benetec. URL: www.benetech.org/
Digital Governance. URL: www.cddc.vt.edu/digitalgov/gov-links.html
Global Connectivity for Africa. Issues and Options. URL: www.worldbank.org/html/fpd/telecoms/gca.htm. Comments: A conference, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2-4 June 1998.
Global Knowledge Partnership. URL: www.globalknowledge.org/. Comments: ?.
IFIP WG9.4 - Social Implications of Computers in Developing Countries. URL: is.lse.ac.uk/ifipwg94/
InfoDev - The Information for Development Program. URL: www.infodev.org/
International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP). URL: www.ifip.or.at/
International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD). URL: www.iicd.org/
Kabissa. URL: www.kabissa.org/index.html
KnowNet Initiative. URL: www.knownet.org/
LEAP - Learning and Evaluation Action Program. URL: www.bellanet.org/B_index.cfm?fuseaction=ShowItem&item_id=101&menu_id=6&act_id=42
One World - Think Tank - New technologies. URL: http://www.oneworld.org/thinktank/iktools/. Comments: ?.
PAN - PAN Networking Initiative - Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean. URL: www.idrc.ca/research/xpan_e.html
The South African Institute for Distance Education (SAIDE). URL: www.saide.org.za/
IFC - World Bank Group: Global ICT Home. URL: www.worldbank.org/ict/. Comments: ?.
World Bank: Gender and the Digital Divide Seminar Series. URL: www.worldbank.org/html/prmge/digitaldivide/. Comments: ?.
World Bank: Poverty Reduction Strategy Sourcebook. URL: www.worldbank.org/poverty/strategies/chapters/ict/ict.htm. Comments: ?.
ERNET India. URL: ernet.in/. Comments: Internet-based education and e-learning.
The Communication Initiative. URL: www.comminit.com/index.html. Comments: The goals are: (1) Advance the extent and quality of communication and change information, (2) Improve strategic communication thinking on development issues, (3) effectively advocate the importance of communication for sustainable development, and (4) expand dialogue, debate and review on key communication issues and programmes.
Flame. African sisters online. URL: http://www.flamme.org/. Comments: A network of African women committed to strengthening the capacity of women through the use of ICT. French and English text.

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