IICD Publications: IConnect

Rural connectivity in Tanzania 2006: options and challenges — by admin — last modified 2007-10-02 10:03

This report looks at the options and challenges faced with regard to connectivity in Tanzania and gives an overview of types of connectivity available.

Health Management Information Systems (HMIS) as a tool for organisational development — by admin — last modified 2007-04-19 10:51

This paper describes how an HMIS can also be used for organisational development and reports on the experiences of the HMIS programme of the Uganda Catholic Medical Bureau (UCMB) in Uganda.

E-Governance - The Case of DistrictNet in Uganda — by admin — last modified 2007-07-02 12:47

E-Governance - The Case of DistrictNet in Uganda, by Arjan de Jager and Victor van Reijswoud. Presentation and evaluatation of an e-governance programme in the East African country of Uganda.

IICD’s corporate identity: a new way to go — by admin — last modified 2006-12-06 11:33

While ICT for development represents the central theme of our work, it is the people who are the key to our success.

IICD celebrates its tenth anniversary — by admin — last modified 2008-10-16 10:36

Ten years ago, in November 1996, the former Dutch Minister for Development Cooperation, Jan Pronk, founded the International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD) to assist partners in the South to overcome the digital divide.

Uniting through networks — by admin — last modified 2008-12-11 17:41

The art of fostering ICT for development (ICT4D) networks.

ICTs for agricultural livelihoods: Impact and lessons learned from IICD supported activities — by admin — last modified 2008-12-11 18:52

A new book by IICD highlights the lessons learned and achievements of the International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD) and its partners in using ICT4D to support agricultural livelihoods.

Train the trainers or let the trainers train themselves? — by admin — last modified 2007-06-28 14:12

The case of a community readiness assessment for ICT for development trainers.

IICD Annual Report 2005 — by admin — last modified 2006-08-11 12:07

This report provides an overview of the ICT initiatives carried out in IICD’s nine Country Programmes as well as highlights from its other programmes.

Conectividad en la comunidad: Experiencias en Bolivia — by admin — last modified 2007-03-08 14:40

Conectividad en la comunidad: Experiencias en Bolivia

Connectivity in the community: Experiences from Bolivia — by admin — last modified 2007-06-27 17:30

IICD thematic brief - Connectivity in the community: experiences from Bolivia. By Liang Tan and Stijn van der Krogt. IICD, May 2006.

iConnect Collected 2005 — by admin — last modified 2008-12-11 17:34

A new publication gathers experiences in ICT for education, livelihoods and governance in six African countries.

Evaluation of IICD’s ICT Roundtable process — by admin — last modified 2008-12-11 18:46

IICD published a study with lessons learned from facilitating ICT-enabled development.

An Inclusive Information Society - Rhetoric or Realisation? — by admin — last modified 2008-12-11 17:31

Involving years of preparation, the World Summit on the Information Society was an enormously resource-intensive event, and many wonder if all this money and effort would not have been better spent on concrete actions to address - rather than talk about - the digital divide.

Logiciels Libres: À Prendre ou à Laisser? - Un état des lieux du logiciel libre en Afrique — by admin — last modified 2004-06-01 17:37

Une étude visant à faciliter une prise de décision éclairée concernant les systèmes de technologies de l’information et de la communication.

ICTs and small enterprise - A motor of economic development in Africa — by admin — last modified 2008-12-11 17:29

ICT and entrepreneurship expert Russell Southwood in this brief explains some of the ways in which ICTs and small business can combine to form a motor of economic development in Africa.

Fertile Ground - Opportunities for greater coherence in agricultural information systems — by admin — last modified 2008-12-11 17:22

This study examines the current landscape of Internet-based agricultural information services, to identify gaps and inconsistancies, and to suggest avenues for bringing greater coherence to the system as a whole.

Ownership and Partnership - Keys to Sustaining ICT-enabled Development Activities — by admin — last modified 2008-12-11 17:21

In May 2003, IICD convened a meeting to examine issues of ownership and partnership in ICT-enabled development cooperation.

Making sense of e-business in developing countries — by admin — last modified 2008-12-11 17:16

This report addresses some of the questions encountered when analysing e-business and its effects on the business environment, specifically in developing country contexts.

Building Inclusive Information Societies — by admin — last modified 2008-12-11 17:15

The discussion about the “Information Society” has recently intensified in forums worldwide, inspired amongst others by the increasing presence of ICTs in our daily lives, and by the upcoming World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS).