ICT and MDGs Analysis

International Association for Development of the Information Society 2006

The IADIS e-Society 2006 conference aims to address the main issues of concern within the Information Society. This conference covers both the technical as well as the non-technical aspects of the Information Society. Broad areas of interest are eGovernment / eGovernance, eBusiness / eCommerce, eLearning, eHealth, Information Systems, and Information Management.

Millennium Development Goals

The World Bank’s Millennium Development Goals website contains a wealth of information relating to the achievement of the MDGs and details a wide range of achievement statistics - including more specifically East Asia and the Pacific.

Networking Development - ICT for MDGs

A poem entitled 'Networking Development' ICT for Millennium Development Goals by Frederick S. Tipson, Executive Director of the Global Digital Opportunity Initiative at the Markle Foundation.

Essay by John Daly: ICTs Applied to the MDGs

Here you will find a collection of essays by John Daly on ICT, Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction for the achivement of the MDGs.

Essays by John Daly: The Partnership Goal: Access to ICTs

This is the last in a series of essays dealing with information and communication technologies (ICT) and the Millennium Development Goals (MDG). It relates to Goal 8, “Develop a global partnership for development.” This Goal differs in form and substance from the others, focusing primarily on policy changes agreed upon by the nations gathered at the United Nations Millennium Assembly. In most cases, the role of ICT appears minimal in achieving the related targets or in engendering improvements measured against the identified indicators.

Efficiency in Reaching the MDGs

The four papers presented in this study look at whether improvements in efficiency could bring gains in outcomes. The first two papers use world panel data in order to analyze country level efficiency in improving education, health, and GDP indicators (GDP is related to the MDGs because a higher level of income leads to a reduction in poverty). The other two papers use province and state level data to analyze within-country efficiency in Argentina and Mexico for “producing” good education and health outcomes. Together, the four papers suggest that apart from increasing inputs, it will be necessary to improve efficiency in order to reach the MDGs.

Volunteers Apply ICTs and Contribute to MDGs

People all over the world are contributing as volunteers in developing countries to apply and build others' capacities in information and communication technologies (ICT). The United Nations Information Technology Service (UNITeS), led by the UN Volunteers programme, promotes volunteering as a fundamental element of successful ICT4D efforts, and promotes ICT as a tool for volunteers engaged in development. In conjunction with the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), UNITeS is gathering and posting examples of such "ICT volunteering", and linking each to its relevant Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and MDG targets.

Lessons Learned from 17 infoDev Projects

The aim of this paper is to create a publicly available resource that provides concise descriptions of selected infoDev ICT-for-development projects and their impact on poverty. The paper first presents case studies of a cross-section of projects funded by the infoDev Core Program, followed by an in-depth analysis of the impact and limits of those projects. The main criterion for selecting projects for case study analysis was to be as representative as possible of the various environments (political, economic, social, geographic) in which infoDev has been operating since its inception.

Bhutan's MDG Progress Report 2002

This first Millennium Development Goal Report for Bhutan is intended to evaluate the progress made from the base year of 1990 towards the attainment of the Goals in 2015. While it identifies critical challenges and priority areas where our efforts need to be substantially increased, it also highlights particular areas in which first successes are perceptible. The Report further seeks to raise awareness about the goals of human and social development and build broad based support for action at all levels for their attainment.

Inauguration of MDG Bangla Portal

On November 13th, the Sustainable Development Networking Programme (SDNP) of Bangladesh has launched their Millennium Development Goals (MDG) portal in Bangla. The inaugural ceremony was held at the National Press Club and it was launched by Mr Shajahan Siraj MP and the Hon’ble Minister of Environment and forest. You can read more about it here....

World Summit on the Information Society and the role of ICT in achieving the MDGs

Provided by developmentgateway.org this document provides information on World Summit on the Information Society and the role of ICT in achieving the Millennium Development Goals and links to a wide verierty of papers on related topics.

ICT and MDGs: A World Bank Perspective

During the past decade the international community has focused its efforts on strategies to help the people of the world's poorest countries share in the benefits of globalization and escape the traps of poverty. The decision at the United Nations Millennium Summit in September 2000 to adopt eight specific Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) provides an agreed political benchmark for measuring the progress of global development. In the same year, the G-8 initiated the Digital Opportunity Task Force (DOT Force) to harness the forces of new technologies in order to narrow social and economic inequalities by making the benefits from these technologies accessible and meaningful for all humanity.

Pacific Regional MDGs Workshop

This is a PDF powerpoint type presentation used at the Pacific Regional MDGs Workshop. It overviews the MDGs and iterates what is needed for achievement.

World Telecom Development Report 2003 - ICT & the MDGs

World Telecoms Development Report 2003 overviews how ICT tools have been used to further the progress of MDG achievement.

Mainstreaming ICTs for the Achievement of the MDGs

 

Overview of "A Practical Plan to Achieve the MDGs"

 

WorldBank-ICT_MDG.pdf