Development Informatics Group (DIG)
ICTs and Development: Online Resources at IDPM
Online materials on information and communication technologies and development fall under five headings:
i. ICTs and Small Enterprise Development
- Handbooks for entrepreneurs and for enterprise support agencies on ICTs and small enterprise in developing countries
- Research reports on information, ICTs and small enterprise in Africa
- Working papers on ICTs, enterprise and poverty
ii. Software Enterprises and Outsourcing
- Working papers on software enterprises, outsourcing relationships between North and South, and policies/strategies for software enterprise support
- Short paper on software myths in the South (direct link to Zipped MS Word file)
- Web pages on the Indian software industry
iii. ICTs and Government
- Working papers on many aspects of ICT use and management in government
- Short papers on electronic government
iv. Other ICTs and Development Topics
- Working papers on NGOs, poverty, participation and donor project evaluation
- Short papers on ecommerce, IT training, and non-ICT based systems
- Working paper on ethical trade, information and ICTs (direct link to PDF file)
- Links to online IS demonstrations