The need for training amongst African policy makers, parliamentarians, regulators and judges is clear and accepted. However, it is less clear that the systems are in place to identify the true scale of...
The knowledge map is designed to answer the following questions: how can the full ranges of information and communication technologies (ICTs), appropriately adapted, help improve the livelihoods of poor...
Using a pair of randomized evaluations, the author evaluates a computer assisted learning program designed to reinforce students understanding of material presented in class. The program was implemented...
The aims of the donor review are: to map out past and current activities of donors in the area of rural livelihoods and information and communication technologies (ICTs); to elicit a detailed understanding...
In Sri Lanka, literacy regarding modern Information Technology (IT) is still at a very early stage. In a country with a 93 percent literacy rate, IT literacy rates are nine percent for the urban population...
The biggest challenge faced by South Africa for the new millennium, as for any other developing nation, is successfully resolving poverty and human development problems. Although different opinions exist...
By international standards, Argentina is a middle-income developing country, with high human development. Argentina stood at 0.86 on United Nation Development Programs (UNDP's) Human Development Index...
Livelihood analysis is deeply rooted at the micro level, where individuals, families, households and groups create their own coping strategies within a context of vulnerability. The vulnerability of the...
The major objective of the study was to come up with illustrative success stories as well as failures to give lessons on ICT interventions in the area of rural livelihoods and their impact in Tanzania...
This report arose from a desire on the part of several Information for Development Program (InfoDev) donors for a comprehensive overview of the current state of, and need for, capacity-building programs...
At state level, a systematic approach to educational planning, supported by Education Management Information System (EMIS), is now developing with a clearer role for the federal government in the support...
There are four sections to this paper. The first section focuses on the purpose and functions of Education Management Information System (EMIS). Essentially, an EMIS is a data collection, storage, retrieval...
The role played by Education Management Information System (EMIS) in educational planning in Mozambique is mixed. At the national level the initial evidence suggests that EMIS helps generate targets for...
This framework paper is aimed at policy makers who are involved in the development or management of programs in the health sector in developing countries. It provides a 'snapshot' of the type of information...
The Education Management Information System (EMIS) design in Ghana is an example of best practice for decentralized planning and budgeting, supporting reforms at various levels but challenges remain for...
The radio program is highly structured- the radio "teacher" leads the in-class teacher and students through a series of activities that direct the in-class teacher's instructional development. The in-class...
This report examines Namibia's Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for Teacher Professional Development (TPD) efforts thus far. It first describes the elements with which the foundation for...
In 2001 infoDev was awarded a grant from GENFUND, a Norwegian trust fund for gender mainstreaming, to support efforts for mainstreaming gender in its programs. The grant enabled several research activities...
This Report is a non-technical summary of research that explores whether there is an information and communication technology (ICT) gap between rich and poor countries, and whether that gap is growing...