E-development : from excitement to effectiveness

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Author:

Schware, Robert, 1952-

ISBN:

9780821364420

Publication Information:

Washington, D.C. : World Bank, c2005.

Physical Description:

xxi, 168 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Contents:

Look before you leap : the bumpy road to e-development / Isabel Neto ... [et al.] -- Creating the "right" enabling environment for ICT / Boutheina Guermazi, David Satola -- E-strategies for development / Bruno Lanvin -- The elusive quest for e-leadership / Bruno Lanvin -- The basic building blocks of e-government / Randeep Sudan -- Beyond secondary education / Ron Perkinson -- The role of international cooperation in e-development / Bruno Lanvin, Isabel Neto -- Regression results for the determinants of e-development / Isabel Neto, Charles Kenny, Subramaniam Janakriam -- Selected list of national e-strategies.

Subject Term:

Information technology -- Economic aspects -- Developing countries.

Technology and state -- Developing countries.

Information society -- Developing countries.

Tecnologâia de la informaciâon -- Aspectos econâomicos -- Paâises en desarrollo

Tecnologâia y estado -- Paâises en desarrollo

Sociedad de la informaciâon -- Paâises en desarrollo

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Schware, Robert, 1952-

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Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are increasingly being recognized as essential tools of development--tools that can empower poor people, enhance skills, increase productivity and improve governance at all levels. The success of ICT-enabled development (or e-development) will thus not be measured by the diffusion of technology, but by advances in development itself: economic growth and, ultimately, achievement of the Millenium Development Goals.This volume examines a wide range of issues related to e-development, with a focus on the requirements and realities of using ICTs to advance development goals. The report does not attempt to present a comprehensive overview of e-development. Rather, it highlights key issues that have immediate relevance to policy makers in developing nations who make decisions on investments and development goals. It highlights two issues in particular, e-government and e-education, because ICT applications in these areas can lead to significant development outcomes and can also be successfully deployed through public-private partnerships, leveraging limited government funding to achieve greater impact.