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226.	Nurturing ICT Research and Development in Africa
	Wednesday, December 7, 2005  by Admin
	In building an Information Society where stakeholders play a vital role, the ECA has launched the African Information Society Initiative (AISI) to prioritize issues of ICTs within the socio-economic development agenda. In re-affirming this, the Academia Research Network project has been launched to bring varied research activities on the continent and assert their intellectual role.
227.	WSIS Delegates Recount ICT Success Stories
	Friday, November 25, 2005  by Admin
	Several African delegations at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Tunis, have been outlining steps taken toward using Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for development in their respective countries. Representatives of government and civil society organisations from Mozambique, Rwanda, Mali, Tanzania and Sudan, say the use of ICTs, was empowering many of their citizens.
228.	Determinants and Impact of ICT use for African SMEs: Implications for Rural South Africa
	Thursday, November 24, 2005  by Admin
	In most African countries small and medium enterprises (SME) account for a significant share of production and employment and are therefore directly connected to poverty alleviation. While in many respects the South African economy is different to that of other countries in the continent, for the poor population in the rural areas SMEs are also very relevant for employment and as an income source.
229.	Tender Evaluation Guidelines - Procurement of Goods or Works
	Thursday, November 24, 2005  by Admin
	This Standard Tender Evaluation Form has been prepared by the Central Tender Board of the Ministry of Finance for use by public authorities and their implementing agencies in the evaluation of tenders, in accordance with the provisions of the Procurement of Goods and Works Regulations, 2001 - Government Notice No. 138 of 13th July, 2001 referred to hereafter as the Regulations.
230.	Licensing in the era of liberalization and convergence
	Thursday, November 24, 2005  by Admin
	This case study forms part of a series on licensing in the era of liberalization and convergence. Conducted by the Regulatory Reform Unit (RRU) of the Telecommunications Development Bureau (BDT) of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), this series of case studies aims to respond to a growing demand from the ITU Membership for best practices guidelines on this crucial policy and regulatory aspect that could be of assistance to regulators who are considering a shift from a monopoly or limited competition environment to a fully liberalized one.
231.	Licensing in the era of liberalization and convergence
	Thursday, November 24, 2005  by Admin
	This case study forms part of a series on licensing in the era of liberalization and convergence. Conducted by the Regulatory Reform Unit (RRU) of the Telecommunications Development Bureau (BDT) of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), this series of case studies aims to respond to a growing demand from the ITU Membership for best practices guidelines on this crucial policy and regulatory aspect that could be of assistance to regulators who are considering a shift from a monopoly or limited competition environment to a fully liberalized one.
232.	ICT Investment Opportunities in East Africa
	Thursday, November 24, 2005  by Admin
	This country report is one of four produced for the International Finance Corporation (IFC) summarizing the results of a feasibility study into investment opportunities in the ICT sector in four East African countries: Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Mauritius. A separate regional report has been produced that consolidates the findings from the four countries and looks at the overall key trends and market opportunities. There is also a confidential report on potential investment possibilities, based on interviews and discussions with business people and public sector officials.
233.	National ICT policy of Tanzania - first order draft
	Thursday, November 24, 2005  by Admin
	Rapid technological advances since the end of the 20th Century have led to multiple convergences of content, computing, telecommunication and broadcasting. Leveraged by human capital, this has lead to the creation of what is now referred to as Information and Communications Technology (ICT). Convergence of technologies has brought about rapid changes in other areas, particularly in knowledge management, covering aspects of knowledge creation, processing, storage, sharing...
234.	Creating an environment for ICT in Tanzania policy, regulation and markets
	Thursday, November 24, 2005  by Admin
	This chapter is about creating a sound environment for information and communication technologies (ICT) in Tanzania. It is not about ICT applications and their impact in development, but solely focus on those factors identified as being key enablers for increased ICT diffusion – policy, regulation, markets and education. Therewith, the text is built upon some basic groundwork of the ICT for development debate that has delivered a number of crucial recommendations valid until today
235.	ICT Investment Opportunities in East Africa
	Thursday, November 24, 2005  by Admin
	This report consists of a regional market analysis associated with the Survey of Investment Opportunities in the Information and Communication Technology Sector in four East African countries: Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and Mauritius. It summarizes the state of the ICT sector in the region, provides an overview of its developmental state and offers observations as to the future of the industry.
236.	OECD Global Forum on Knowledge Economy ICT in PRSPs
	Thursday, November 24, 2005  by Admin
	Information and Communication Technology (ICT) should be seen as a means to help meet existing development objectives, in particular the Millennium Development Goals for poverty reduction, education, health and the environment, not as a separate sector or end in itself. This research was conducted to analyse how ICT is treated in PRSP. PRSPs At the Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group and the IMF in September 1999
237.	Creating a Development Dynamic Final Report of the Digital Opportunity Initiative
	Thursday, November 24, 2005  by Admin
	Despite many steps forward in social and economic conditions around the world in recent decades, there remain huge disparities in the quality of human existence. We are now at a critical juncture. Unprecedented global flows in information, products, people, capital and ideas offer great potential for radical improvements in human development, but left unabated, they may also serve to worsen and entrench the spiral of poverty which already exists in many communities and countries.
238.	Factors shaping successful public private partnership in the ICT sector in developing countries - the case of Tanzania
	Thursday, November 24, 2005  by Admin
	Information technology came to Tanzania as early as 1956 when the Public Works Department under the British Administration introduced the Hand-Punch input device for computer cards (Sawe, 1999). It was used to capture data for processing elsewhere. In 1965, the country’s first full scale computer processing facility was installed at the Ministry of Finance. This was an ICT Hollerith 1500 (later renamed ICL-1500).
239.	Financial Records and Information Systems in Tanzania
	Thursday, November 24, 2005  by Admin
	Evidence-Based Governance in the Electronic Age is a three-year project delivered in partnership between the World Bank and the International Records Management Trust. It involves coordinating a global network of institutions and organisations to facilitate the modernisation of information and records systems. Records, and the information they contain, are a valuable asset that must be managed and protected.
240.	Do governments actually believe that ICT can help alleviate poverty? A perspective from Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers
	Tuesday, November 22, 2005  by Admin
	There is a clear demonstration by governments that ICT can effectively help alleviate poverty, although the manner in which it is used varies. This note examines the treatment of ICT in Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers which serve as a good starting point because they direct the focus of World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) concessional lending.
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