An ongoing compilation of efforts around the world to harness ICTs for human development. This list borrows heavily from the Bridges.org toolkit which has done some of the best work to catalogue these organizations.

National and International Governmental Organizations and Initiatives

World Bank ICT Program
World Bank InfoDev Program
Word Bank TechNet
United Nations Development Program (UNDP) (ICT for Development)
UNDP Sustainable Development Networking Programme
United Nations ICT Task Force
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (Technology Foresight - Latin America and Caribbean)
International Development Research Centre (Canada): ICTs for Development Program
USAID: Leland Initiative (Africa)
Digital Opportunity Initiative
Dot Force
e-ASEAN Task Force
International Telecommunications Union: E-Strategies
United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
World Economic Forum (Global Digital Divide Initiative)
Digital Freedom Initiative
Other initiatives (InfoDev list)

Content Aggregators and Knowledge Networks

Development Gateway
Bridges
Global Knowledge Partnership
Oneworld (Digital Divide Campaign)
IT4Dev
Global Development Network
Digital Divide Network
iConnect Online
BytesForAll
Digital Opportunity
Pan Asia Networking (Asia)
NetAid
Global Development Network
Digital Partnership
Sustainable ICTs

General eDevelopment

Acacia Initiative (IDRC)
The Association for Progressive Communications
International Institute for Communication and Development
World Resources Institute: Digital Dividend
Development Gateway Foundation
Bellanet
Global Partnerships (Seattle!)
Digital Partners (Seattle!)
BokkTech
World Computer Exchange

Policy Initiatives

Global Internet Policy Initiative
Computer Systems Policy Project
Global Information Infrastructure Commission (GIIC)
Markle Foundation: Policy for a Networked Society
Internet Society
World Summit on the Information Society (ITU sponsored)

Volunteer Initiatives

United Nations Information Technology Service
Global Technology Corps
Net Corps
Interconnection (Seattle!)
Volunteers in Technical Assistance
Geekcorps

Private Sector Initiatives

Cisco Networking Academy
Hewlett Packard e-Inclusion
Grameen (Village Pay Phones)
Voxiva (health initiative)

Technology

Simputer
Greenstar
iTrain Online
Network Startup Resource Center
Community Technology Centers' Network
Grameen Technology Center (Seattle!)

Telecenters

Community Telecenters: Assuring Impact & Sustainability (Development Gateway)
Sustainable Telecenters? Two Cases from India (Harris, Kumar, Balaji)
Telecenters as a way of achieving universal access - the case of Ghana (Falch and Anyimadu)
Community Internet Access in Rural Areas: Solving the Economic Sustainability Puzzle (Best and MacClay)
Series of papers Cornell papers by Colle and Roman Telecenter Sustainability - Myths and Opportunities
Bridges Telecenter Toolkit (several links to "how to" resources)
The "Embedded" Telecottage (Examines cases in Hungary)
Modules for Training Telecenter Staffs - ITU
Improving Public Internet Access in Brazil - Moving Beyond Connectivity - University of Texas
National Telephone Cooperative Association (NCTA) - Initial Lessons Learned About Private Sector Participation in Telecentre Development
Telecentres: Case Studies (14) and Key Issues - The Commonwealth of Learning (Vancouver 2001)
Telecenters 2000 Project

Health

Health Net
Voxiva (private sector)
Digital Dividend overview of health initiatives

Education

World Links
University of South Africa
Bridges to the Future
SchoolNet SA

Environment

Global Forest Watch
SidsNet

Agriculture

PestNet ICT Update

Human rights & Civil Liberties

Martus
Minority Electronic Resources
Global Internet Liberty Campaign
SangoNet

Financing

Development Marketplace

"From trade to telemedicine, from education to environmental protection, we have in our hands, on our desktops and in the skies above, the ability to improve standards of living for millions upon millions of people."

-- Kofi Annan, 2003

Fall 2004 Instructors

Chris Coward
Center for Internet Studies, University of Washington
ccoward@u.washington.edu

Raul Roman
Center for Internet Studies, University of Washington
rroman@u.washington.edu

Course Overview

PBAF 537C Home

Back...