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This initiative is a companion piece to Communication and Human Development: The Freedom Connection?. Global Voices has been commissioned by the Canadian International Development Research Centre (IDRC) to write these stories on the future of ICTs and development. Learn more

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29 April 2010

East Timor: Connecting Civil Society

Written by Sara Moreira · East Asia

Providing internet access to civil society has been a key priority of the few information and communication technology (ICT) initiatives that exist in East Timor so far.

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14 December 2009

ICT4D: Past mistakes, future wisdom

Written by Aparna Ray · South Asia

What makes an ICT4D project fizzle out? What are the common mistakes that donors, planners and implementers make when trying to run an ICT4D project? Practitioners discuss in a public Twitter chat.

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7 December 2009

ICT4D for Women: Opportunities and Risks

Written by Aparna Ray · Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia

Mobile phones present opportunities for development as well as risks for further abuse and marginalization of women. Gender awareness is crucial when it comes to using ICT for development.

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3 December 2009

M-banking: Going where no bank has gone before

Written by Aparna Ray · Sub-Saharan Africa, East Asia

Millions and millions of low-income, unbanked people stand to benefit (and maybe prosper?) from the development of mobile financial services in the next years, but there are several technological, logistical, and security challenges that must be addressed first.

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26 November 2009

India's tryst with e-health: A healthier future for its rural millions?

Written by Aparna Ray · South Asia

About 700km away from Bangalore, across a couple of remote villages in the Bidar district, a quiet revolution has been going on. No, not a political one, but a remarkable pilot project in telemedicine.

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24 November 2009

Can ICTs aid small-scale farmers?

Written by John Liebhardt · North America

The world's small-scale farmers grow a large amount of food and provide many important jobs in rural areas. However, they do their work at great economic and environmental risk. How can ICTs make the jobs and lives easier for the world's farmers?

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