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An evaluation of the use of ICT within primary education in Malawi 对马拉维小学教育中信息和通信技术使用情况的评价

2009 International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD) Pub Date : 2009-04-17 DOI: 10.1109/ICTD.2009.5426707

David Hollow, Paola Masperi

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引用次数: 21

Decentralization, clientelism and Popular Participation^#x2014;Is there a role for ICTs to improve local governance? 权力下放、裙带主义与民众参与^#x2014;信息通信技术在改善地方治理方面有何作用?

2009 International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD) Pub Date : 2009-04-17 DOI: 10.1109/ICTD.2009.5426677

Björn-Sören Gigler

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引用次数: 5

Featherweight multimedia for information dissemination 轻量级多媒体信息传播

2009 International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD) Pub Date : 2009-04-17 DOI: 10.1109/ICTD.2009.5426695

Gerry Chu, Sambit Satpathy, K. Toyama, R. Gandhi, Ravin Balakrishnan, S. Menon

引用次数: 11

Empowering Muslim youth through computer education, access, use: A gender analysis 通过计算机教育、获取和使用赋予穆斯林青年权力:性别分析

2009 International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD) Pub Date : 2009-04-17 DOI: 10.1109/ICTD.2009.5426696

Farida Khan, R. Ghadially

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引用次数: 5

Livestock, learning and diagnostics: New directions in veterinary tele-medicine 牲畜、学习和诊断:兽医远程医疗的新方向

2009 International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD) Pub Date : 2009-04-17 DOI: 10.1109/ICTD.2009.5426736

Jun Yu, C. Heffernan

引用次数: 1

Design and deployment of a blood safety monitoring tool 设计和部署血液安全监测工具

2009 International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD) Pub Date : 2009-04-17 DOI: 10.1109/ICTD.2009.5426674

Stephen Thomas, A. Osuntogun, J. Pitman, Bright Mulenga, S. Vempala

引用次数: 5

Emergency communication and system design: The case of Indian Ocean Tsunami 应急通信与系统设计:以印度洋海啸为例

2009 International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD) Pub Date : 2009-04-17 DOI: 10.1109/ICTD.2009.5426699

Rui Chen, John Coles, Jinkyu Lee, H. Rao

引用次数: 12

ICTD for healthcare in Ghana: Two parallel case studies ICTD促进加纳保健:两个平行案例研究

2009 International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD) Pub Date : 2009-04-17 DOI: 10.1109/ICTD.2009.5426714

R. Luk, M. Zaharia, Melissa R. Ho, Brian Levine, Paul M. Aoki

引用次数: 40

Political incentives and policy outcomes: Who benefits from technology-enabled service centers? 政治激励和政策结果:谁从技术支持的服务中心受益?

2009 International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD) Pub Date : 2009-04-17 DOI: 10.1109/ICTD.2009.5426711

Jennifer Bussell

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引用次数: 8

Numeric paper forms for NGOs 非政府组织的数字表格

2009 International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development (ICTD) Pub Date : 2009-04-17 DOI: 10.1109/ICTD.2009.5426686

Gursharan Singh, Leah Findlater, K. Toyama, S. Helmer, R. Gandhi, Ravin Balakrishnan

引用次数: 27