Telecentres, Access, and Development:: Experience and Lessons from Uganda and South Africa - Softcover

Parkinson, Sarah

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1853396192 ISBN 13: 9781853396199

Publisher: ITDG Publishing, 2005

Synopsis

The book is based on a review of national policy and implementation strategies, case studies of community ICT-access centres, and an analysis of the links between national strategies and on-the-ground experiences from 1996 through 2003. Over 50 ICT-access centres, from both rural and urban settings, were reviewed. The executive summary presents a series of lessons and practical recommendations for policymakers.

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About the Author

Sarah Parkinson began working in international development in 1993 and has since lived and worked in countries in the Caribbean, Latin America, Africa, Asia, Europe and North America. Her experiences ranged from volunteering in Grenada with a small development NGO to reviewing grant proposals for the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), headquartered in Ottawa, and engaging in research collaborations with the Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) based in Cali, Colombia and the National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS), a Ugandan government programme designed with input from the World Bank. Most recently, from 2008 until early 2011, she worked as Communication and Advocacy Manager for the Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit based in Kabul. Parkinson now works as a consultant on monitoring and evaluation and research, and is based in Ottawa.

Edition details

• Publisher: ITDG Publishing
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1853396192
• ISBN 13: 9781853396199
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 168