2009 International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD)最新文献

Uses of mobile phones in post-conflict Liberia 利比里亚冲突后移动电话的使用情况

2009 International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD) Pub Date : 2009-04-17 DOI: 10.1109/ICTD.2009.5426680

M. Best, E. Wornyo, Thomas N. Smyth, J. Etherton

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引用次数: 34

Improving child literacy in Africa: Experiments with an automated reading tutor 提高非洲儿童的读写能力:自动阅读导师的实验

2009 International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD) Pub Date : 2009-04-17 DOI: 10.1109/ICTD.2009.5426715

G. Ayorkor Mills-Tettey, Jack Mostow, M. B. Dias, Tracy Morrison Sweet, Sarah Belousov, Tracy Morrison Sweet, M. F. Dias, Haijun Gong

引用次数: 53

ATMosphere: A system for ATM microdeposit services in rural contexts ATMosphere:一种在农村环境中提供ATM小额存款服务的系统

2009 International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD) Pub Date : 2009-04-17 DOI: 10.1109/ICTD.2009.5426681

Michael Paik, L. Subramanian

引用次数: 5

eServices provisioning in a community development context through a JADE MAS platform 通过JADE MAS平台在社区开发环境中提供服务

2009 International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD) Pub Date : 2009-04-17 DOI: 10.1109/ICTD.2009.5426697

M. Thinyane, A. Terzoli, Peter Clayton

引用次数: 6

ICT4What? - using the Choice Framework to operationalise the capability approach to development ICT4What吗?-运用“选择架构”，落实能力发展方法

2009 International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD) Pub Date : 2009-04-17 DOI: 10.1109/ICTD.2009.5426717

Dorothea Kleine

引用次数: 51

MultiMath: Numeric keypads for math learning on shared personal computers 在共享的个人电脑上学习数学的数字键盘

2009 International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD) Pub Date : 2009-04-17 DOI: 10.1109/ICTD.2009.5426735

Sunil Garg, Charlotte Robinson, Clint Tseng, Heather Underwood, Richard J. Anderson, J. Pal

引用次数: 5

Mobile phone job services: Linking developing-country youth with employers, via SMS 移动电话就业服务:通过短信将发展中国家的青年与雇主联系起来

2009 International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD) Pub Date : 2009-04-17 DOI: 10.1109/ICTD.2009.5426734

Amber Houssian, M. Kilany, Jacob Korenblum

引用次数: 6

Improving literacy in rural India: cellphone games in an after-school program 提高印度农村地区的识字率:课后项目中的手机游戏

2009 International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD) Pub Date : 2009-04-17 DOI: 10.1109/ICTD.2009.5426712

Matthew Kam, Anuj Kumar, Shirley Jain, Akhil Mathur, J. Canny

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引用次数: 117

ICT governance in higher education: Case study of the rise and fall of open source in a Gulf university 高等教育中的ICT治理:海湾大学开源兴衰案例研究

2009 International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD) Pub Date : 2009-04-17 DOI: 10.1109/ICTD.2009.5426692

S. Sahraoui

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引用次数: 12

Cross technology comparison for information services in rural Bangladesh 孟加拉国农村信息服务的跨技术比较

2009 International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD) Pub Date : 2009-04-17 DOI: 10.1109/ICTD.2009.5426676

F. Hussain, Rahul Tongia

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引用次数: 5