Investment in ICT for education (ICT4E) in developing countries has grown steadily over the past decade.  However, despite growing interest and investment, important gaps remain in current knowledge base about what initiatives are being taken, what's working and what are the lessons learned. infoDev is working with donors and partners to address these gaps and has already produced survey reports of ICT4E in in India and South Asia, the Caribbean and Africa.

infoDev's ongoing substantive research, analytical studies, capacity-building workshops and online discussion fora are designed to:

• enhance policy-relevant knowledge about what works, and what does not, in using ICT in education in developing countries, especially as it relates to the MDGs, and to
• make this knowledge more accessible to developing country policymakers and their colleagues in the donor community
• promote and facilitate frank and knowledgeable information exchange and discussion amongst practitioners about works, what doesn't and how to keep improving.

The primary audience for this work is policymakers and practitioners in developing countries—especially those eligible to participate in the Millennium Development Goals "Fast Track Initiative" to help meet Education For All goals—and their partners in donor agencies. infoDev's work helps governments and donors make informed ICT4E decisions with better knowledge of the associated costs, benefits, mechanisms and trade-offs.

In 2009, infoDev and UNESCO worked together to create the EduTechDebate blog, an online discussion forum discussion on low-cost ICT initiatives for educational systems in developing countries.