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Education
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Adjusting to a New Technology: Experience and Training
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How does the economy react to the arrival of a new major technology? The existing literature on General Purpose Technologies (GPTs) has studied the role that mechanisms like secondary innovations, diffusion, and learning by firms play in the adjustment process. By contrast, we focus on a new mechanisms based on the interplay between technological change and human capital accumulation. We show that technological change that requires more education and training, like computerization, necessarily produces an initial slowdown. Surprisingly, however, technological change that lowers the training requirement, like the move from the artisan shop to the factory, can produce either a bust or a boom. We identify three key properties that determine which effect will occur: (1) the productivity of inexperienced workers; (2) the speed with which experience increases productivity; and (3) the level of general skills required to operate the new technology.
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Human capacity development (HCD)
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This project deliverable assesses human capacity development (HCD) capacity and
existing constraints and proposes strategies to reduce or eliminate the constraint. It provides an overview of the existing HCD and makes recommendations. This report
satisfies the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Terms of Reference
for the Human Capacity Development Scope of Work: The role of the Human Capacity Development (HCD) Specialist will be to evaluate the current status, capacity, and potential of the education and training in ICT related skills and knowledge in Bangladesh, particularly in relation to the key competitive success factors identified through the survey and external market research.
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South Asia Foundation portal
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South Asia Foundation (SAF) is a voluntary, secular, no-profit and non-political youth movement. Founded by UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Madanjeet Singh, its cardinal objective is to promote regional cooperation and peace through education, mutual understanding and creative friendship among the young people of South Asia.
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Programme in Comparative Media Policy and Law
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The Programme in Comparative Media Policy and Law Centre for Socio-Legal Studies at Oxford University exists to provide a framework for understanding the background, mechanisms, and prospects of the processes of media restructuring. The Programme is also the UNESCO Chair in Communications Law and Policy for the United Kingdom and manages the Media Know How Project, which provides and disseminates information on British and other European media law and policies that can be used to help develop and reform aspects of Russian media law and practice.
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Digital Opportunity through Technology and Communication Partnerships
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"Digital Opportunity through Technology and Communication" (DOT-COM) is an alliance of three cooperative agreements to promote information and communication technology for development. DOT-COM activities cross all sectors, including education, economic growth, women in development, agriculture, trade, health, environment, and telecommunications/e-commerce policy. The three DOT-COM cooperative agreements provide expertise and services in policy, access, and learning systems. The DOT-COM program provides USAID access to fifteen grantee institutions and over 75 resource partners who work on ICT-for-development issues. Building on the strategies of the African Leland initiative and the worldwide Internet for Economic Development Initiative, DOT-COM provides USAID missions with a broad set of tools to participate in a global effort to bridge the digital divide.
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Digital Divide Network
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The Digital Divide Network is the Internet's largest community for educators, activists, policy makers and concerned citizens working to bridge the digital divide. At DDN, you can build your own online community, publish a blog, share documents and discussions with colleagues, and post news, events and articles. You can also find the archived discussion lists of the DIGITAL DIVIDE listserv. Membership is free and open to all, so join today!
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TakingITGlobal.org
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TakingITGlobal.org is an online community that connects youth to find inspiration, access information, get involved, and take action in their local and global communities. It is now the world's most popular online community for young people interested in making a difference, with hundreds of thousands of unique visitors each month. TIG's highly interactive website provides a platform for expression, connection to opportunities, and support for action. TakingITGlobal works with global partners – from UN agencies, to major companies, and especially youth organizations – to build the capacity of youth for development, artistic and media expression, make education more engaging, and involve young people in global decision-making.
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Bridges to the Future Initiative
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The Bridges to the Future Initiative (BFI) will address the Digital Divide of education and technology in emerging economies by improving literacy, basic education, and technological literacy, thereby assisting the world's poorest peoples to better determine their own social and economic future. The BFI will accomplish this mission by: 1) Bringing together public and private as well as national and international agencies and foundations. 2) Leveraging information and communication technologies. 3) Adapting to diverse contexts and diverse learners. 4) Implementing the program through national operational agencies. 5) Collaborating within and across national boundaries.
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APDIP e-Note 13 on ICT Skill Development in the Asia-Pacific Region
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As the first in a series of two complementing APDIP e-Notes, this APDIP e-Note summarizes the major findings and conclusions of a recent study on ICT human resource development in the Asia Pacific region, undertaken at UNESCAP. The conclusions of this study indicate the emergence of an increasing gap between the demand and supply of ICT skills in the region.
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APDIP e-Note 13
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ICT Skill Development in the Asia-Pacific Region - Part one: the gap between demand and supply
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Global e-Inclusion Movement
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The ultimate aim of the website is to stimulate strong flows of solidarity and resources (i.e., funds, knowledge, experience, etc.) between rich and poor areas of the world, starting with a focus on educational projects.
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Right to Communicate .org
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Four long-range goals are pursued in this website: Goal 1. Describe and define the human right to communicate. Goal 2. Collect, organize and expand the literature on the right to communicate. Goal 3. Facilitate activities on the right to communicate in research and education. Goal 4. Advance the right to communicate -- personal to universal -- for everyone. You are cordially invited to participate in work on these goals; this website can help you do so.
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International Human Resource Development
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HRD Gateway is a very powerful professional networking platform for human resource development professionals worldwide. It will help you find like-minded people from all disciplines.
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Diffusion of ICTs and Changes in Skills
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The paper is organised as follows. First, it is shown how ICTs and skills are defined
for the purposes of this paper. Next, the data and methodology are introduced. Then,
the relation between ICTs and skill upgrading is examined. This is followed by the
investigation of the skill gap between expected skill change and realised skill change.
After that, the skill polarization is found from detailed examinations. Finally, the
paper discusses the findings and makes further suggestions.
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KnowNet Initiative
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The KnowNet initiative centers around using and propagating ICT models for creating an open system for recognising, valuing, enriching and sharing of local knowledge, in parallel with human capacity building efforts. This will lead to a two-way process of people accessing information and knowledge for development and also information and knowledge finding its way to the probable users. Broadly the concept is three fold: 1. Recognising and valuing existing knowledge which is locally relevant. 2. Leveraging and advancing the mutual knowledge of people. 3. Using Knowledge for catalysing sustainable human development process.
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