The potential of information and communication technologies (ICTs) as tools for development is increasingly being recognized at the highest political level.
Information and communication technologies (ICTs) can play an important role in helping communities prepare for and adapt to the effects of climate change.
Releasing freely accessible, standardized, and easily readable government data can increase transparency and accountability. This open government data movement can foster greater civic participation and promote new business opportunities.
The rocketing growth in the number of people online and improvements in computer capacity are making it possible for governments and the private sector to collect and share information on every facet of people's lives.
Increasingly, "digital natives" -people raised with digital technology-leverage cyberspace to organize and change their worlds. The change they are driving is not always positive, however.
Developing-country think tanks strive to influence policy and ultimately contribute to improving people's lives. Perceptions vary about the ability of think tanks to contribute to positive changes in society.
This project will contribute to building climate adaptation and resilience in South Asia by supporting skills and knowledge development in the region.
There is a disparity between the representation of northern and southern researchers in the literature pertaining to information studies, particularly information and communication for development (ICT4D) research.
The Knowledge Access in Rural Inter-connected Areas Network (KariaNet) aims to enhance the effectiveness of development projects in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) that serve to enable the rural poor by sharing innovations, best practices
SciDev.net was set up in 2001 as an organization dedicated to providing reliable and authoritative information about science and technology (S&T) for the developing world.