Information and Communication Technologies for Poverty Reduction and Rural Development

    Lecture 1: Principles, Practice and Policies
   

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Readings and References

• Harris R., Information and Communication Technologies for Poverty Alleviation.    
  
• UNCTAD The Information Economy Report 2010
  
• Harris R., & Rajora R. Empowering the Poor: Information and Communications Technology for Governance and Poverty Reduction - A Study of Rural Development Projects in India, UNDP-APDIP, Elsevier, 2006. 
  
• ITU, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report 2010, Monitoring The WSIS Targets, A Mid-term Review 
  
• Harris R., A Framework for Designing Telecentres  
  
• Heeks R., & Molla A., Impact Assessment of ICT-for-Development Projects: A Compendium of Approaches, IDPM Working papers, The University of Manchester 
  

Useful Links

• International Telecommunications Union
  
• M S Swaminathan Research Foundation
  
• UNESCAP
  
•  World Summit on the Information Society
  
• e-Sri Lanka
  
• telecentre.org
  

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Lecture 2: Case Studies, Contemporary Issues and Current Research
                           

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Readings and References

• Harris, R.W., and Tarawe, J., Stories from e-Bario. In Alampy, E (ed.) Living the Information Society in Asia, Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore, 2009.
  
• Khoun Community Radio, Laos
  
• M-PESA
• Harris RW., Telecentre Sustainability; Financing ICTs for the Poor - UNDP APDIP eNote
• Barbara Fillip and Dennis Foote; Making the Connection: Scaling Telecenters for Development.
  
• Harris, C., and Harris RW., Information and Communication Technologies for Cultural Transmission among Indigenous Peoples, Electronic Journal on Information Systems in Developing Countries, (2011) 45, 2, 1-19.
  
  

Videos

M-PESA