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Innovative Firms or Innovative Owners? Determinants of Innovation in Micro and SMEs

A paper presented by the World Bank analizes the incidence of innovation in micro and small firms in developing countries

1 July 2009 | Innovation is key to technology adoption and creation, and to explaining the vast differences in productivity across and within countries. Owner ability, personality traits, and ethnicity have a significant and substantial impact on the likelihood of a firm innovating, confirming the importance of the entrepreneur in the innovation process. More

Education Technology Debate - Be part of the Conversation !

10 June 2009 | Sponsored by infoDev and UNESCO, the edutechdebtate.org website seeks to promote a substantive discussion of how educational technology initiatives in developing countries are relevant to the groups they purport to serve - the students, teachers, and their surrounding communities - and to create an open public debate on how best to serve them. More

Delivering More for Less? Cloud Computing to Improve Services and Reduce Government IT Expenditure during the Financial Crisis

16 June 2009 | Watch live from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. (Washington DC EDT) More

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International Good Practice for Establishment of Sustainable IT Parks

Review of experiences in select countries (Vietnam, Russia, and Jordan) More

Financing Technology Entrepreneurs & SMEs in Developing Countries

An infoDev Study on the funding challenges and opportunities facing Technology SMEs in developing countries More

Survey of ICT and Education in the Caribbean: Regional Trends and Analysis (Volume 1)

Survey of ICT and Education in the Caribbean: Country Reports (Volume 2)

Improving Business Competitiveness and Increasing Economic Growth in Uganda

The Role of Information and Communication Technologies More

ICT, Innovation, and Economic Growth in Transition Economies: A Multi-Country Study of Poland, Russia and the Baltic Countries

A study on the ICT dynamics in Transition Countries More

Survey of ICT and Education in Africa

A Summary Report, Based on 53 Country Surveys More

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Making sense of information and communication technologies for development (ICT4D)

infoDev works to promote better understanding and effective use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) as tools of poverty reduction and broad-based, sustainable development.

infoDev's work focuses on three main themes: Access for All; Mainstreaming ICT; and Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Growth. More