Monday, May 14, 2012

[EQ] Accelerating Development Using the Web: Empowering Poor and Marginalized Populations

Accelerating Development Using the Web

Empowering Poor and Marginalized Populations

The World Wide Web Foundation – Supported by Rockefeller Foundation – May 2012

Website: http://bit.ly/JAz9C1

 

Available online PDF file  [292p.] at: http://bit.ly/KFDAfR

 

“…A compendium of articles by recognized experts describing the real and potential effects of the World Wide Web in all major aspects of economic and social development.

 

A broad view, offering detailed commentary from fourteen experts who are deeply engaged in the field of ICTs for development, many with extensive experience in developing countries,  and each able to emphasize the key questions, challenges, and successes unique to their field.

 

The research unites themes of technological innovation, international development, economic growth, gender equality, linguistic and cultural diversity and community action, with special attention paid to the circumstances surrounding the poor and vulnerable members of the Global Information Society….”

 

“….The overall purpose of the book is to serve as a basis for discussion and contemporary outreach to broad range of communities involved in ICTs in the developing world. Structured to provide overviews of the major macro issues (access, capacity, standards), while also providing insights into specific business and public policy domains, the book unites themes of technological innovation, international development, economic growth, gender equality, linguistic and cultural diversity and community action, with special attention paid to the circumstances surrounding the poor and vulnerable members of the Global Information Society…”

 

Authors:

George Sadowsky, Najeeb Al-Shorbaji, Richard Duncombe, Torbjörn Fredriksson, Alan Greenberg, Nancy Hafkin, Michael Jensen, Shalini Kala

Barbara J. Mack, Nnenna Nwakanma, Daniel Pimienta, Tim Unwin, Cynthia Waddell, Raul Zambrano

Content

·   Foreword from the Rockefeller Foundation

·   Foreword from the World Wide Web Foundation

·   Preface

·   Executive Summary

·   Introduction

·   The Current State of ICTs

·   Software for Support of Development

·   Who Are the Poor and Vulnerable?

·   The Digital Divide and Development

·   Governance and Empowerment

·   An Information Society?

·   Emergence of Internet Governance as an Issue

·   Policy and Governance Issues with Regard to Effective Use of the Internet

·   Chapter Descriptions

Fundamental Access Issues

o Responding to the Broadband Imperative

o The Evolving Broadband Ecosystem – A Conceptual Framework for Maximizing Internet Access

·   Current Status and Trends in Internet Access

·   Toward Universal High-Speed Internet Access

·   Institutional Roles in Maximizing Internet Access

o National Governments and Regulators

o Providers/Private Sector

o Civil Society

o Development Community and Development Finance Institutions

·   Some Outstanding Questions and Potential Research Topics

Technical Access Issues

·   Current State of Play

o Controlling Factors

o Technologies

o Impediments to Progress

·   Current Work to Ameliorate Impediments

·   Important Gaps in Knowledge

·   Future Prospects and Promising Areas of Future Work

·   Organizational Actors: Their Roles and Responsibilities

·   Recommendations

Internet Access: Policy Issues for Persons with Disabilities

o What is at Stake for Web Users with Disabilities?

o What is Disability?

o What Drives the Development of Public Policy for Ease of Use?

·   Current State of Play and Impediments to Progress

o Availability

o Affordability

o Accessible Content on the Web

·   An Important Gap in Knowledge

·   Current Work to Address Impediments and Future Prospects

o UNCRPD Country Reports on Ease of Use

o ITU Accessibility Resolution 175

o Accessible ICT Standards and Procurement

o United States Accessible Web Legislative and Regulatory Activities

o Public/Private Partnerships Impacting Web Ease of Use Policies

·   Organizational Actors: Their Roles and Responsibilities

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·   Good/Democratic Governance

·   Context

·   Millennium 20

·   New ICTs, Freedom and Equality

·   Role of the New ICTs in Democratic Governance

·   Challenges Ahead

·   Concluding Remarks

·   Agriculture

·   Agricultural Potential

·   Agricultural Experience

·   The ICT Challenge

·   ICTs and Learning

·   Key Actors

Health

·   The Web

·   Health on the Internet

o Internet Uses and Services

o Access to Health Information

o e-LEARNING

o Self-Medication and e-Pharmacies

o Telemedicine1

o Mobile Health

o Electronic Health Records

o Patient Education and Safety

o Quality of Health Information on the Internet

·   eHealth challenges

·   Conclusion

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·   Education

·   Challenging Educational Norms: Wisdom from the Web?

·   Context: Educational Content and Communication in Development Practice

·   Applications: the Web of the Possible

o Using the Web in Support of Unconnected Learners

·   Educational Content

o Education and Communication

·   Globalizing and Localizing Education

·   A Web Awaiting Exploration

Commerce and Trade

·   What ICTs Can Do for Different Types of Enterprises

·   ICT Use in the Evolving ICT Landscape

·   Impacts of ICT Use by Enterprises

·   Opportunities in the ICT Producing Sector

·   Some Implications for Policy

·   Finance

·   Current Understanding and Evidence

o M-transfers: evidence from M-PESA

o M-transfers: other country evidence

o M-payments and account-based services

·   Impediments to Progress

·   Current Work by Organizational Actors to Ameliorate Impediments

·   Important Gaps in Knowledge

·   Recommendations and Promising Areas of Future Work

·   Gender

·   Origins of the Concern for Gender Issues in the Internet and Information Society in Developing Countries

·   How can ICTs Serve Women and Development?

·   New Developments

o Combining mobile with the Web: more access, more information, more interactivity

·   Prospects and Promising Areas of Future Work

o Low-cost phones

·   Positive, proactive programs for women and the Web

·   Language and Content

·   Current State of Play

·   Impediments to Progress

·   Current Work to Ameliorate Impediments

·   Important Gaps in Knowledge

·   Future Prospects and Promising Areas of Future Work

·   Organizational Actors: Their Roles and Responsibilities

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·   Elements of Cultural Expression

·   The Cultural Advent of the Internet

·   Issues in Internet Adoption

·   The Internet in Cultural Use

·   Internet Culture

o Massive Multi-player Online Games- MMOGs

o Movies

o Sports

o Music

o Sex

o Rise of open source and open technology

o Fusion of cultures

·   What the Developing World Offers to the Internet

·   Recommendations

o Access

o Cultural Restrictions on Women

o Literacy and Education

o Free Software and Open Source Technology

o Mobile Technology

o Openness, Democracy and Good Governance

o The Internet as a Human Right

·   Life, Living, the Internet

·   Conclusion

·   Development and Growth

·   Current Trends and Directions

·   Chapter Summaries

·   References


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