Design Area 4: Information and Communication
Visit the links below for help locating information about information and communication.
- UN Sustainable Development Goal: Inclusive and Equitable Quality EducationThe United Nations SDGs provide targets to work towards. This page collects information and statistics about global progress towards the goal.
- Engineers Australia - Ingenious mobile HotSpot technology connecting remote NTArticle about CfAT's mobile HotSpot technology.
- ABC News - No internet, no phones: Roadhouse owners build own mobile tower in desperate bid for receptionArticle from ABC News on self-built rural mobile towers.
- Engineering for change - Solutions library - ICTThe E4C Solutions library represents a collection of solutions that have been implemented by various organizations. Includes examples of previous EWB Projects.
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World development report 2016: Digital dividends by ISBN: 9781464806728Publication Date: 2016-01-01Digital technologies are spreading rapidly, but digital dividends--the broader benefits of faster growth, more jobs, and better services--are not. If more than 40 percent of adults in East Africa pay their utility bills using a mobile phone, why can't others around the world do the same? The World Development Report 2016 shows that while the digital revolution has forged ahead, its 'analog complements'--the regulations that promote entry and competition, the skills that enable workers to access and then leverage the new economy, and the institutions that are accountable to citizens--have not kept pace. And when these analog complements to digital investments are absent, the development impact can be disappointing.
- Dynamics of the digital divideA working paper from the Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research looks at access to internet and technology in Indigenous households, especially in remote communities.