#theme:ict

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This report highlights the role of information and communication technology (ICT) to prevent the effects of climate change related emergencies in Africa. The objective of the case study on Mozambique is to uncover the pattern of municipal ICT impact that may exist in other low capacity countries with similar political economy structures in connection with leveraging ICTs in public sectors. According to the report, geographic information systems (GIS) assist local governments in the identification of flood zones on maps, measurement of communities’ vulnerability and planning for new prevention infrastructure. The study concludes by suggesting measures to link Africa’s ICT boom in citizen-based mobile and internet usage with the rapid rise of public sector ICT phenomena as a promising means to plug service delivery gaps.

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The present report analyses the evolution of ICT use in education and the changes it has brought about in national policies and practices concerning teaching methods, contents and evaluation processes. It examines the promotion of transversal as well as job-related key competences, and the role of ICT in this process. It also sheds light on the strategies used in countries to train and support teachers in the use of ICT.

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This paper presents the ACCA Global Forum for SMEs’ recommendations for the development of a visible and consistent global agenda on SME access to finance. It calls for intergovernmental organisations to develop and support a consistent platform for sharing best practice. It also encourages national governments to engage in this process, developing a long-lasting change in SME financing across the world.

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ICT in Agriculture e-Sourcebook has been designed to support practitioners, decision-makers, and development partners who work at the intersection of ICT and agriculture. It becomes to become a practical guide in understanding current trends, implementing appropriate interventions, and evaluating the impact of those programs. It combines cutting-edge expertise in ICT with empirical knowledge of a wide range of agricultural sectors, from governance to supply chain management.

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Mobile banking is growing at a remarkable speed around the world. In the process it is creating considerable uncertainty about the appropriate regulatory response to this newly emerging service. This paper sets out a framework for considering the design of regulation of mobile banking. Since it lies at the interface between financial services and telecoms, mobile banking also raises competition policy and interoperability issues that are discussed in the paper. Finally, by unbundling payments services into its component parts, mobile banking provides important lessons for the design of financial regulation more generally in developed as well as developing economies.

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The objectives of the study were to identify the field level problems and make suggestions for resolving these problems so that financial inclusion could be expedited and completed in a time bound manner, thus paving the way for the real financial inclusion of the people in the country.

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This paper studies the impact of information and communication technologies (ICT), especially mobile phone rollout, on economic growth in a sample of African countries from 1988 to 2007. Further, it also investigates whether financial inclusion is one of the channels through which mobile phone development influences economic growth.

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The Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (part of the Joint Research Centre - European Commission) has commissioned a study entitled ‘The Future Impact of ICTs on Environmental Sustainability’, which aims to explore (qualitatively) and to assess (quantitatively) the way that ICTs will influence environmental sustainability between now and 2020. This study is the first quantitative projection to be carried out on how ICTs could affect the environment in the European Union. In order to estimate the effects of ICTs on a set of five environmental indicators, the project team adopted an innovative methodology combining qualitative scenario-building and quantitative modelling.