Resources

From the Internet to Al Qaeda, the teetering electricity grid to old school ties, we live in a world of networks. A profoundly disruptive shift has occurred in our societies, making networks the most important organisational form of our time and reshaping the activities of families, governments and businesses. The collection of essays is edited by Helen McCarthy,Paul Miller and Paul Skidmore.

In today’s networked world, civil society organizations are recognizing the
power of the Internet for their advocacy work. While many organizations
around the world have already embraced this technology, many
organizations in Africa have not yet been able to access the wealth of
resources available through the Internet.

This article by McBean aims at providing a basis for discussing issues regarding the information society, communication and partnership building between developed and developing countries.

OECD’s Development Assistance Committee's Report to the UN Task Force on Financial Mechanisms for ICT for Development (TFFM) presents an overview of trends in donor practices and the development of bilateral donors’ portfolios for ICT infrastructure.

This paper outlines the European Union’s positive approach to financing ICT as an important and integral part of development. It covers EU members’ support both bilaterally and through the European Commission.

The Roundtable “Innovation and investment: scaling science and technology to meet the Millennium Development Goals” was organised by the United Nations Millennium Project and the United Nations Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Task Force, in association with the United Nations Fund for International Partnerships (UNFIP). It was held on the eve of the 2005 Millennium Summit and hosted by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations.