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The GDRC Programme on Information and Communication Technologies

So what is it that ICTs can enable in achieving larger sustainable development goals? How can access to smart ICTs be increased?

GDRC's ICTs for Development programme focusses on the smart technologies that enable information assililation, communication and knowledge transfer for broad-based development. It also explores the uptake of internet and ICTs that involve skills and capacities in information management, particularly in developing countries.

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GDRC Research Resources

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Highlights
of GDRC
Research

Full list of docs

ICTs for Development:Understanding the Potentials and Pitfalls Concept Note Series E-165.	Telecenters: Bringing the comunity together Policy Analysis Series E-178.
Use of Internet for Citizen's Participation Policy Analysis Series E-079.	Community Radios: Empowering Local Voices for Change and Connection Policy Analysis Series C-037.

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The Smart Cities Research Initiative (SIRI)

Read GDRC's flagship magazine on Smart Cities [via Flipboard]:

Currently, GDRC is focussing on the links between smart ICTs and poverty reduction - including community telecenters and its contribution to better local governance.

Have a look at the planned publications under this programme

Elsewhere
in GDRC

• Gender and ICTs
• Other programmes under GDRC's Information Sphere