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The Digital Transformation of Small and Micro-Businesses in Bangladesh

United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) (2023), iii, 43 pp.

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Digital Ecosystem Country Assessment (DECA): Honduras

Ariel Magid, Mauricio Bastien Olvera, Jacqueline Foelster, Wendy Alas

USAID, Digital Frontiers Project (2023), 116 pp.

"The Honduras Digital Ecosystem Country Assessment (DECA) report presents the findings and recommendations of the Honduras DECA. It outlines the key aspects of Honduras' digital ecosystem and provides 9 recommendations for creating a more inclusive, safe, and enabling environment. Guided by USAID/Ho ... more

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The Guide to Usefulness of Existing AI Solutions in Nonprofit Organizations

Jean-Louis Ecochard, Daniela Weber

NetHope (2023), 8 pp.

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Digital Ecosystem Country Assessment (DECA): El Salvador

Raiyan Kabir, Iris Palma, Peter Johnson

USAID, Digital Frontiers Project (2023), 90 pp.

"The El Salvador Digital Ecosystem Country Assessment (DECA) report presents the findings and recommendations of the El Salvador DECA. It outlines the key aspects of El Salvador’s digital ecosystem and provides 10 recommendations for creating a more inclusive, safe, and enabling environment. Guide ... more

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Coding Da Vinci: Das Playbook. Schritt für Schritt zum eigenen Kultur-Hackathon

Philippe Genêt, Andrea Lehr Ilias Kyriazis (eds.)

De Gruyter Saur (2023), 95 pp.

"Das von 2019 bis 2022 von der Kulturstiftung des Bundes geförderte Projekt "Coding da Vinci" vernetzt seit 2014 technikaffine und kulturbegeisterte Communities mit deutschen Kulturinstitutionen, um das kreative Potential in unserem digitalen Kulturerbe weiter zu entfalten. Inhaltlich ist die Publi ... more

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Digital Initiatives for Indigenous Languages
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Genner Llanes-Ortiz et al.

Paris: UNESCO; Global Voices (2023), 193 pp.

"This toolkit has been co-designed in close partnership with both established and emerging networks of Indigenous digital practitioners, language advocates, and collaborators, within the framework of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages 2022-2032. The toolkit promotes the foundation of l ... more

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Libro Blanco de la Transformación Digital del Tercer Sector en América Latina

Fundación Telefónica (2023), 165 pp.

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Digital Ecosystem Country Assessment (DECA): Bangladesh

Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman, Raiyan Kabir, Connor Mackenzie, Olga Morawczynski

USAID, Digital Frontiers Project (2023), 116 pp.

"The Bangladesh Digital Ecosystem Country Assessment (DECA) report presents the findings and recommendations of the Bangladesh DECA. It outlines the key aspects of Bangladesh's digital ecosystem and provides 10 recommendations for creating a more inclusive, safe, and enabling environment. Guided by ... three USAID/Bangladesh priorities, which include i ) improved democratic systems that promote transparency, accountability, and integrity; ii) enhanced opportunities for an inclusive, healthy, educated society, and a robust economy; and iii) strengthened resilience to shocks and stressors, the DECA process included desk research, consultations with USAID/Bangladesh technical offices, and 81 key informant interviews with stakeholders from civil society, academia, and the private and public sectors. Key findings include: Bangladesh’s digital ecosystem has steadily evolved over the last decade; the Government of Bangladesh (GoB)'s Vision 2021 and Vision 2041 underscore the importance of Digital Bangladesh and have been drivers for digital transformation across the country. However, undefined roadmaps and uneven knowledge of digitalization among government officials undermine GoB’s efforts; limited digital literacy is a key barrier across all aspects of the ecosystem; connectivity is affected by poor quality of services and lack of affordable data; a growing ecosystem of locally relevant content is key to closing the usage gap; barriers in terms of funding and understanding user needs remain; Bangladesh ranks Number One in South Asia on the e-government academy’s National Cybersecurity Index (NCSI) in terms of the availability of necessary laws and policy, but there is significant room for improvement when it comes to the strength of implementation across the ecosystem; misinformation and disinformation are widespread in the digital sphere; mobile financial services are expansive in Bangladesh and increasingly inclusive; e-commerce and the tech startup environment have grown quickly due to an increase in international and domestic investments and an active private sector; an expansive digital talent pool exists, but they are not trained to their fullest potential, hindering their income potential and Bangladesh’s growth trajectory." (https://www.usaid.gov/digital-development) more

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Strategische Neuausrichtung der Digitalpolitik des BMZ

Bonn; Berlin: Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ) (2022), 2 pp.

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From Research to Action: The Practice of Decolonizing ICT4D

Caroline Khene, Silvia Masiero

Information Technology for Development, volume 28, issue 3 (2022), pp. 443-450

"The production of knowledge in Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D) research has been characterized by an ongoing shift from dominantly Western-based to Indigenous theory formulations. This editorial puts forward core concepts in the decolonization of ICT4D, arguing that ... more

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Digital Strategy 2022-2025

New York: UNDP (2022), 51 pp.

"UNDP's Digital Strategy builds on the momentum created by the first strategy launched in 2018 and lays out a long-term vision for UNDP to 'help create a world in which digital is an empowering force for people and planet'. It outlines three interconnected objectives through which UNDP will support ... more

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Digital Public Goods Platforms for Development: The Challenge of Scaling

Brian Nicholson, Petter Nielsen, Sundeep Sahay, Johan Ivar Sæbø

Information Society, volume 38, issue 5 (2022), pp. 364-376

"In this article we consider the notion of digital global public good and articulate our understanding of it. Against this conceptual foil, we examine the development of DHIS2 (District Health Information Software Version 2), a global health platform inspired by public goods, focusing on the paradox ... more

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Data Governance Toolkit

Micheline St. Clair, Abhijit Balakrishnan, Morgane Bradley

NetHope; Plan International; SOS Children's Villages (2022), 13 pp.

"The goal of this Data Governance Toolkit is to guide non-profit organizations through the steps and best practices for implementing Data Governance within your organization, while keeping in mind the changing organization IT landscape, enterprise architecture and program deliverables. To support or ... more

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Mapping the Public Voice for Development: Natural Language Processing of Social Media Text Data

Manila: Asian Development Bank (ADB) (2022), xi, 114 pp.

"This report aims to introduce techniques and procedures of NLP (Natural Language Processing), the computational preparation and analysis of text data, to map the public voice and aid development. First, the report introduces essential concepts of communication and elaborates on the theoretical foun ... more

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Revisiting Digital Inclusion: A Survey of Theory, Measurement and Recent Research

Matthew Sharp

Manchester: Centre for Digital Development (2022), 50 pp.

"Focusing on the internet as a foundational technology, this paper begins by summarising recent developments in digital inclusion theory, particularly as this relates to developing countries. It sets out a framework of core components of digital inclusion - including access/use, quality of access/us ... more

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Digital Ecosystem Country Assessment (DECA): Peru

Gabriela Corbera, Jacqueline Foelster, Carlos Guerrero, Susannah Horton

USAID, Digital Frontiers Project (2022), 82 pp.

"Key findings include: 1. Peru’s digital ecosystem is one of many contrasts. There have been sustained advances over the last 30 years in connectivity, digital literacy, digital rights, digital government, and the digital economy; 2. Challenges in digital policy implementation and coordination cap ... more

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Digitalising Rural MSMEs: Thailand’s Agriculture and Tourism Sectors

Sone Osakwe

London: GSMA (2022), 58 pp.

"Thailand faces the dual challenge of swiftly navigating the disruptions caused by COVID-19 while also enabling sustainable and inclusive development. To enable inclusive development, Thailand must focus on building resilience and enhancing the productivity of micro, small and medium enterprises (MS ... more

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Towards a Digital Development Partnership That Meets African Interests

Benedikt Erforth, Kerstin Fritzsche

Washington, DC: Heinrich Böll Stiftung (2022), 24 pp.

"Africa has become a linchpin in the EU’s ambitions to support economic development, particularly through digital transformation. The February 2022 EU-African Union (AU) Summit will provide an opportunity to present the EU’s Global Gateway not only in opposition to China’s Belt and Road Initia ... more

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Should We Still be Doing ICT4D Research?

Silvia Masiero

Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries (EJISDC), issue 88: e12215 (2022), 12 pp.

"In over 30 years of history, the field of Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D) has asserted itself both within Information Systems (IS) and across disciplines. However, the core assumptions on which the field was built have been questioned over time, resulting in a situa ... more

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Digital Literacy Primer: How to Build Digital Literacy Into USAID Programming

Kanchana Sthanumurthy, Kelly Church, Araba Sapara-Grant

USAID (2022), 82 pp.

"This Primer aims to: improve USAID staff's understanding of digital literacy; demonstrate how digital literacy contributes to broader global development goals; describe how digital literacy can be incorporated into various stages of the USAID program cycle; and detail ways in which different sector ... more

Digital Initiatives for Indigenous Languages Key Guidance Inspiring Practice

Digital Initiatives for Indigenous Languages
Key Guidance

Inspiring Practice