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This Quick guide is part of infoDev's series of informal Quick guides to resources and work on ICTs and education in international institutions and donor agencies.  Information presented here has been gathered by infoDev from publicly-available documents and should not be considered to be endorsed by the subject organization.

A list of publications and resources related to ICT use in education from the Department for International Development (DFID) in the United Kingdom

The United Kingdom's Department for International Development (DFID) has been a leader in research into appropriate uses of ICTs in the education sector in developing countries, and the related issues and challenges.  Here are some of the highlights of this work:

Imfundo

Imfundo: Partnership for IT in Education is an initiative in DFID which considers ways in which Information and Communication Technology can be used to support education in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Imfundo has three core areas of work:
 - A Resource Bank of pledges from partners to support DFID educational-ICT activities in Africa. 
 - A knowledge bank which is used to share and enhance awareness and understanding of the use of ICTs to transform education in Africa
 - Educational – ICT Activities, which are identified and implemented as part of DFID’s strategies and programmes in Africa.

Imfundo is contributing in various ways to the support that DFID is providing for education in Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya and South Africa.

visit the Imfundo web site:
http://www.dfid.gov.uk/research/imfundo.asp

Please note: For additional information related to Imfundo, you may also wish to consult the Internet Archive, which includes saved versions of the Imfundo site from various points in the past.  As not all of the Imfundo-commissioned publications are easily located on the new Imfundo site, the Internet Archive may be a useful tool to find additional resources:

Internet Archive for Imfundo.org
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.imfundo.org
Internet Archive for Infundo.org
http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.infundo.org
Internet Archive: Imfundo KnowledgeBank
http://web.archive.org/web/20041109060247/
imfundo.digitalbrain.com/imfundo/web/papers/kbstartpage/

id21

id21 is a fast-track research reporting service that aims to make policymakers aware of the latest British development research findings.  The id21 web site contains many useful publications related to ICT use in education.

A lisiting of DFID education research projects by research theme: ICT and Education
http://www.id21.org/dfid-research/#theme-04

id21 Education Division publications page
http://www.id21.org/ed.html

The id21 Education Division publications page lists many related resources, including:

• No. 43 Computers in Secondary Schools in Developing Countries: Costs and other issues
• No. 49c Initial Primary Teacher Education Research Project in Lesotho
• No. 50  Using ICT to Increase the Effectiveness of Community-based, Non-formal Education for Rural People in Sub-Saharan Africa
• No. 52 Understandings of Education in an African Village: The Impact of Information and Communicaiton Technologies
• Nop. 58 Deep Impact: an investigation of the use of information and communication technologies for teacher education in the global south

For a full listing of over 50 DFID-supported research papers on issues related to ICT use in education, please see
http://www.id21.org/zinter/id21zinter.exe?a=l&w=c4

Knowledge and Skills for the New Economy

In April 2001, the UK Department For International Development (DFID) and the World Bank Group (WBG) agreed to collaborate on the Knowledge and Skills for the New Economy, and funded 17 studies tackling various issues, many of which relate to ICT use in Education.

• Demand for Skills in the New Economy: Regional Evidence
• Digital Divide
• Education Reform
• ICT and Education Readiness: Benchmarks and Datasets
• Investment Climate for Workforce Skills Development in Developing Countries
• Knowledge and Skills in the Middle East and North Africa
• Learning to Teach in the Knowledge Society
• Lifelong Learning in China
• Lifelong Learning and Training Policies in Latin America
• Mobilization of Diasporas for Knowledge Transfer
• Multinational Enterprises and Training
• Piloting Rural Women’s Knowledge and Skill Development Using ICT
• Process for Planning Low-cost, Effective Distance Learning
• Promoting Capacity in Monitoring Educational Quality
• Public Policy for Career Development and Guidance
• Skills Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
• Tertiary Education and Innovation Systems in Europe and Central Asia

Visit the Knowledge and Skills for the New Economy project web site