[DDN] ICT infrastructure and knowledge creation

2004-09-23 Thread Diaz. Andrade, Antonio Eduardo
Dear All, I am in the first year of my doctoral studies at The University of Auckland, New Zealand. I am from Peru and my research interest is to examine how ICT assists human capacity development for socio-economic development in developing countries. My interest is to find out how ICT gap b

Re: [DDN] ICT infrastructure and knowledge creation

2004-10-15 Thread Layton Montgomery
Dear Antonio, I agree that Will's work would be worth a look. I am a bit unclear, though, on who it is that you are considering. Do you want to look at effective use of ICTs by government offices? By national-level NGOs? Small CBO's? Larger businesses in urban areas? Small businesses in r

Re: [DDN] ICT infrastructure and knowledge creation

2004-09-30 Thread Will Tibben
Hi Anotnio, Your research project sounds interesting. I'd be happy to send a copy of my Masters thesis (when I finish converting it to pdf). The thesis has a number of references that address the issue of moving beyond the provision of ICTS to developing a capability to use information. Prima

Fwd: Re: [DDN] ICT infrastructure and knowledge creation

2004-09-30 Thread Maung K. Sein
Hi Antonio, You are asking a fundamentally vital question. I do not have a direct answer to your question although that is my area of interest. I can give you two pointers though. 1. A look at conceptualizing ICT in a development context is essential. I have written a paper recently on this