Excerpt from Foreword In any developing country, a prime ingredient for development is information. How that information is spread among people and how it is understood and used are also crucial, be it the latest research on fertilisers; agriculture or land development; town planning and community building; environment; disaster preparedness; […]
content creation • development • Finding a Voice • ICTs • information society • participatory • UNESCOFinding a Voice: Themes and Discussions
NOTE: the Finding a Voice project (2006-08) was a collaboration between Queensland University of Technology, University of Adelaide, Swinburne University, UNESCO and UNDP. This book has a particular audience in mind: it is aimed primarily at program-side policy strategists and decision-makers. We hope that those who are implementing similar projects […]
2008 • development communication • Finding a Voice • ICT4D • ICTs • participatory • UNDP • UNESCOPoverty and Digital Inclusion: Preliminary Findings of Finding a Voice
NOTE: the Finding a Voice project (2006-08) was a collaboration between Queensland University of Technology, University of Adelaide, Swinburne University, UNESCO and UNDP. This paper presents preliminary findings from a multi-sited qualitative study of poverty and information and communication technologies (ICTs) in India, Indonesia Sri Lanka and Nepal. It draws […]
2007 • collaboration • Finding a Voice • ICTs • poverty reduction • research • UNDP • UNESCOFinding a Voice
This site summarizes research from the Finding a Voice project (2006-08), a collaboration between Queensland University of Technology, University of Adelaide, Swinburne University, UNESCO and UNDP. Finding a Voice investigated creative engagement between underserved communities and information and communication technology (ICT) to empower poor people to communicate their ‘voices’ within […]
empower • Finding a Voice • ICTs • poverty reduction • social change • UNDP • UNESCO