UID:
edoccha_9958116962702883
Format:
1 online resource (xiv, 99 pages) ;
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26 cm
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-4648-0073-1
Series Statement:
A World Bank study
Content:
In this summary report and a series of country case studies, infoDev is exploring the transformative role that Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) can have in post-conflict nations during the process of reconstruction. The case studies look at countries at different stages of post-conflict reconstruction in Afghanistan, Liberia, Rwanda and Timor-Leste, and post-revolution in Tunisia. The report examines how policy-makers, the donor community, and the private sector have prioritized and sequenced ICT initiatives in the aftermath of conflict. In addition, the report proposes a conc
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Front Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Abbreviations; Part I; An Overview and Framework for Analysis; Introduction; Notes; Chapter 1 Conflict, Reconstruction, and Development; 1.1 A Framework for Understanding Postconflict Reconstruction; Figures; Figure 1.1 A Framework for Understanding Postconflict Reconstruction; Notes; Chapter 2 ICTs, Reconstruction, and Development; Notes; Chapter 3 ICTs and Postconflict Reconstruction; 3.1 Stabilization; 3.2 Infrastructure, Sector Policy, and Regulation; 3.3 Reconciliation; 3.4 Media and Public Engagement; 3.5 Development; Notes
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Chapter 4 Summary and Recommendations4.1 Stabilization; 4.2 Consolidating Stabilization; 4.3 Development; Boxes; Box 4.1 Policy Recommendations; 4.4 Conclusions; 4.5 Further Research; Part II; Chapter 5 Introduction to the Case Studies; Box 5.1 The Need to Communicate Transcends Both War and Peace: The Case of Somalia; Box 5.2 Regulatory Uncertainty as the Enemy of Investment: The Case of South Sudan; Figure 5.1 Major Mobile Operators and Estimated Market Shares in Somalia, December 2012; Chapter 6Afghanistan; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Afghanistan's ICT Sector: From 2001 to 2012
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6.3 Recent DevelopmentsBox 6.1 Afghanistan's Village Communications Network; Map; Map B6.1.1 Map of Approximate Village Communications Network Locations; 6.4 Challenges to the Growth of the ICT Sector; 6.5 Critical Issues to be Addressed; 6.6 Insights for Other Conflict-affected and Fragile Countries and States; Notes; Chapter 7 Liberia; 7.1 Submarine Cable Connectivity; Figure 7.1 Structure of the Consortium Created to Invest in the ACE Cable, Liberia; 7.2 Cybercafé Users in Liberia; Figure 7.2 Popular Cybercafé Applications in Liberia; Figure 7.3 Cybercafé Usage Patterns in Liberia
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Figure 7.4 Reliance on the Internet for Different Sources of Information, LiberiaFigure 7.5 Reliance on Different ICTs for Information, Liberia; 7.3 Reconciliation and the Web; Figure 7.6 Website of the Liberia Truth and Reconciliation Commission; 7.4 Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 8 Rwanda; 8.1 Policy and Implementation; Figure 8.1 National Information & Communication Infrastructure Plans (NICIs), Rwanda; 8.2 Project Case Studies; Box 8.1 Women's Networking for Peace Using ICTs; 8.3 Distinctive Factors of Rwanda's ICT Experience; 8.4 Conclusion; Notes; Chapter 9 Timor-Leste
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9.1 ICTs in Timor-Leste9.2 ICTs and Reconciliation; 9.3 ICTs and Governance; 9.4 ICTs and Human Development; 9.5 The Way Forward; Chapter 10Tunisia; 10.1 Addressing Regional Disparity; 10.2 The Role of SMEs; 10.3 Investment in Higher Education; 10.4 Participatory Politics; 10.5 The Development of Civil Society; 10.6 Building a Twenty-First-Century Social Compact; Selected Bibliography; Back Cover
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-4648-0074-X
Language:
English
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