research reports

22.12.2005 The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation and Panos London has recently brought out a publication that shares lessons learnt from ICTs and poverty reduction efforts in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. It is edited by Kitty Warnock and Ravi Wickremasinghe, in cooperation with Gerolf Weigel.

14.07.2005 The research titled 'GIS as a Planning Support Tool for Community Integrated Tourism Development: A Pilot Study for Fiji Islands and the South Pacific' is a pilot study which worked in partnership with the Ministry of Tourism and Transport, Fiji to develop the database and examine its applicability for wider implementation both in Fiji and for government and other development agencies (donors, NGOs, QUANGOS) throughout the South Pacific region.

14.07.2005 The "The Impact of ICT on Rural Development in Solomon Islands: the PFnet (People First Network) Case" research aimed to examine the impact of Internet on lives of poor grass root rural people in the Solomon Islands.

14.07.2005 The research titled "Maximizing the Benefits of ICT/Multimedia in the South Pacific: Cultural Pedagogy and Usability Factors" was started to determine how Educational ICT/Multimedia can be developed so as to be responsive to the particular needs of the region...

09.07.2005 A variety of fairly straightforward rural ICT interventions may have greater impact on agricultural production and post-harvest activities then those that are strictly focused on agriculture.

07.07.2005 Do educators who learn online feel part of a community? Is online teacher professional development intellectually rigorous, relevant and cost-effective?

07.07.2005 Beginning with a very brief case study of a free e-learning for development project, the Campus for Peace of the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, this paper reflects on e-learning can solve most of the problems related to corporate training, education for development and e-advocacy for stakeholders.

07.07.2005 e-Government has received a lot of attention by governments around the world. Applying modern information and communication technologies to the delivery of government services has a great deal of potential in developing countries.

06.07.2005 Developed in collaboration with Winrock International, this web-based interactive toolkit helps users select the most cost-effective mix of ICT and energy systems for projects across sectors.

06.07.2005 dot-EDU is using low-cost video compact discs (VCD) to help reach at-risk youth in South East Asia in this core-funded pilot activity.