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Science and technology for development: the new paradigm of ICT

29 Apr 2008

Source: United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (see original article)

This new report from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) aims to explore how information communication technologies (ICTs) help generate innovations that improve the livelihoods of the poor.

To quote from UNCTAD’s description of the document: ‘The report examines how ICTs affect productivity and growth and reflects on the need for a development-oriented approach to intellectual property rights in order to enable effective access to technology. ICT has also given rise to new models for sharing knowledge and collective production of ideas and innovations, known as “open access” models, which often bypass the incentive system provided by intellectual property rights. The Report presents a current cross-section of themes and analysis that aim to inform and enable governments to understand the policy challenges and opportunities. The analysis identifies important areas of concern and best practices necessary for the formulation of targeted policy decisions to support and accelerate ICT diffusion.’

Downloads of the report are available as follows.

Full report [PDF, 386 Pages, 9848 Kb]

Overview [PDF, 37pp., 245KB] Also available in: Arabic Chinese French Russian Spanish

Preface, Acknowledgements & Overview [PDF, 57pp.,629KB]
Chapter 1 [PDF, 81pp., 1574KB]
Chapter 2 [PDF, 53pp., 2241KB]
Chapter 3 [PDF, 39pp., 1574KB]
Chapter 4 [PDF, 23pp., 369KB]
Chapter 5 [PDF, 31pp., 586KB]
Chapter 6 [PDF, 27pp., 980KB]
Chapter 7 [PDF, 53pp., 2397KB]
Chapter 8 [PDF, 30pp., 331KB]