John Daly: Selected Writings

John A. Daly: Links to Selected Papers

Here are some papers and webpages that I've worked on alone or with other authors, that deal with information and communication technologies in developing countries.

The Institutional Divide: Is The Digital Divide a Symptom or a Cause? (2004)

Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) Applied to Monitoring Hunger and to Assessing Progress Made Toward its Eradication (2004) (Pages 6 & 7.)

World Summit on the Information Society and the role of ICT in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (2003)

Information and Communications Technology Applied to the Millennium Development Goals (2003)

The Partnership Goal: Access to Information and Communication Technologies (2003)

Information and Communication Technologies and the Improvement of Health (2003)

Education, Information and Communication Technologies, and The Millennium Development Goals (2003)

Volunteers, Information and Communication Technologies and Development (2003)

ICT and the Eradication of Hunger(2003)

Blogging for Development (2003)

ICT, Gender Equality and Empowering Women (2003)

ICT for Indigenous Development (2003)

ICT and Ensuring Environmental Sustainability (2003)

Leadership and Innovation for a Connected World (2003)

The Future of Information and Communication Technologies for Development (2003)

ICT & Intellectual Property Rights (2003)

ICT, Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction (2003)

ICT for Poverty Reduction & Economic Growth (2003)

Community Telecenters: Assuring Impact & Sustainability (2003)

World Bank Information and Communications Technology Sector Strategy Paper (2002) PDF format

Development Gateway Interview on ICT Capacity Building in Developing Countries(2002)

Down to Earth: Geographical Information for Sustainable Development in Africa (2002)

Review of Avgerou and Walsham's book, Information Technology in Context: Studies from the Perspective of Developing Countries (2002)

Review of Wresch's book, Disconnected: Haves and Have-nots in the Information Age (2002)

Workshop on Information Technology in Africa (2001)

The World Bank, Information and Communications Technology, and Science and Technology Strategy (2001)

The Implications For Africa Of U.S. Experience in Information and Communication Technologies and Higher Education (2001)

Illustrative Examples of E-Readiness Assessments and Assessment Methods (2001)

Information and Communication Technologies: Impact on Poverty Reduction (in infoDev Annual Report 2000; published in 2001)

The Information for Development Program: Encouraging the Use of ICTs in Developing countries (2001)

Will the Internet Promote Democracy? (2000)

Studying the impacts of the Internet without assuming technological determinism (2000)

Technical Experts Meeting on the Use and Application of Information and Communications Technologies in Higher Education Institutions in Africa (2000)

Appendices: Experts Meeting on the Use of Information and Communication Technologies in Higher Education Institutions in Africa (Results of the meeting for which the next paper was prepard; 2000)

Discussion Paper for a Meeting on Higher Education Information Infrastructure in Africa (2000)

How Development Agencies Are Using Information and Communications Technologies: Examples from Agriculture,Education, Environment and Micro and Small Business Development (2000)

Who Pays: Playing Music to Empty Pockets (2000)

A Measure of the Impact of the Internet: A Tutorial (1999)

A Conceptual Framework For The Study Of The Impacts Of The Internet (1999)

A Comparison: Leland versus non-Leland Countries (1999)

Infrastructure for Whom?(1999)

Measuring Impacts of the Internet in the Developing World (1999)

Internet Counts: Measuring the Impact of the Internet (1998)

Corporations' Use of the Internet in Developing Countries (1998)

Impact of Microcomputers on Health in the Third World (1992)

Those in the following group deal with more general issues of science and technology policy. The fourth link is to a computer conference on the use of information and computer technology in international research networks (for which I was moderator). The next to last link is the background paper for a conference that I helped to organize. The final link is to the report of that conference.

Forum: Developing Country Health (2005)

Common and Uncommon Knowledge (2003)

Building Science and Technology Capacity in Developing Countries (2002)

Strategy Working Paper: Science and Technology in the World Bank (2000)

World Bank Financing of Science and Technology; Highlighting Funding in Africa (1999)

International Research Networks (1999)

Partners on the Frontier: U.S.-Russian Cooperation in Science and Technology (1998)

Economic Analysis: Mexico Knowledge and Innovation Project (1998)

Funding for International Scientific Cooperation (1998)

Improving Technology Performance in Small and Medium Enterprises (1997)

Economic Analysis: Brazil: Science and Technology Reform Support Project (1997)

Role Of Foundations and NGOs In Science and Engineering Development Projects (1997; full version with figures)