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Roger Harris Associates

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.

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