... recruiting large enterprises with tax breaks, financial incentives, and other induce-ments. Instead, they are relying on building businesses from the groundup and supporting the growth of existing ... The Roleof Small and Large Businesses in Economic Development By Kelly EdmistonIncreasingly, economicdevelopment experts are abandoning traditional approaches to economicdevelopment that ... growth from the second quarter of 2000 into jobclasses using beginning size of firm, mean size of firm over the period, and end size of firm. If the beginning size of the firm is used to classifyfirms,...
... Ministries: - Ministry of Culture andInformation - Ministry of Trade - Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development - Ministry of Finance - Ministry of Planning and Investment - Ministry of Science, ... domestic and international marketing and for business development. Electronic information agencies are developing and are having an increasing influence on society. Over 50% of ministries and branches ... 78% in transportation and communication; 86% in manufacturing; 84% in mining; 84% in hotel and catering; 88% in education and training; 93% in trade and repair and 94% in R&D (UNIDO, 2000)....
... Chapter1ResearchingandEvaluatingInformation&CommunicationTechnologyforSocialDevelopmentColinLatchemIntroductionProjectsapplyinginformationandcommunicationtechnology(ICT)tosocialdevelopmentarerarelyresearched,evaluatedorreported,andevenwhentheyare,theconceptualisation,design,conductandreportingofthisworkoftenlacksquality.ThereisaneedforfarmorerigorousresearchintoICTprojectsatthenational,organisationalandpractitionerlevels,toachieveabodyofresearchthatcanguidefutureplanningandpractice.Policymakers,plannersandpractitionersalikeneedtobeinvolvedinundertakingformativeandsummativeevaluation,andquantitative and/ orqualitativeresearch,notonlytoimprovetheirownknowledgeandskillsinICTforsocial development, buttoproviderobustandstrategicallysignificantfindingsthatcaninfluenceandguidegovernments,donors,andotherkeystakeholders.ResearchandevaluationofICTforsocialdevelopmentareneededatthe:1) ... Inventoryofequipmentandpersonnel:becauseofMDFIsexperienceinrunningvariousdevelopmentandresearchprojects,itsstaffhasbeentrainedandhasdevelopedthecapacityandknowledgetoruntheresearch.ã Trainingandcapacitybuilding:activitieshandledbytheteamhaveinvolveddevelopingthecapabilitiesandknowledgeofstakeholdersthroughactivitiessuchasseminarsandtrainingoftrainersworkshops.ã ... 22accessibilityproblemstheycreate, and areleadingtolessefficienteducationaldeliverythanwaspossiblewithtraditionalmedia and withearlierInternet‐basedmethods.Meanwhile, in specificregions,differenttechnologicalemphaseshaveemergedtotheexclusion of others.NorthAmericanODLinstitutions,forexample,tendnottoexploittheInternet’svastpotentialforsynchronousinteraction, in view of thetime‐zonedifferencesbetweenonlinestudents and faculty;whileothernations(e.g.Japan)haveemphasisedlive,satellite‐basedbroadcastmethods of educationtoagreaterextentthanonlinemethods.Meanwhile,nationswithwidespreadInternetconnectivitytendnottobeusingitforeducationalpurposesatall.TheSouthPacificisland of Niueisapparentlytheonlynation in theworldwithcompletelyfreeInternetservicethoughlittleeducationalusage of it(Veramu,2005,personal communication) .AsLatchemhasstressed(Chapter1),comparativeresearch and evaluationeffortsareessentialtoadjustthesedisparities, and toidentifythemosteffectivepolicies and practicesforODL technology usage.Researchintoonlinemethodologytendstobeconceivedwithinfinitegeographicalboundaries,however,leadingtowidespreadduplication of effortbetweeninstitutions and nations. In anattempttoovercometheseproblems,theIDRCsupportsaseries of complementaryODLprojectsinvolvingclosecollaborationbetweenR&Dteams in 12Asiancountries:Bhutan,Cambodia,HongKong,India,Indonesia,Laos,Mongolia,Pakistan,thePhilippines,SriLanka,Thailand, and VietNam.Theinitiativerunsfrom2005‐2008, and hasbeennamedPANdora,representing‘PANAsiaNetworkingDistance and OpenResourceAccess’.ThePANdoranetworkisadministeredbytheVirtualUniversity of Pakistan and UniversitasTerbuka,Indonesia, and isfundedbytheIDRC’sPANAsiaoffice in Singapore.TheIDRChasfundednumerousDL technology projects in thepast,eachcontainingdiverseelements.Forexample,aPANAsiaprojectnearingcompletionattheNationalInstitute of Education,Bhutan,isdevelopingawiderange of ODLprovisions and skills,includingtraditional and onlinecoursematerials,training and evaluationmethods, and the developmentof keyperformanceindicators.ThePANdorainitiativetakesadifferentapproach,wherebysimultaneousprojectsexaminespecificissues, and minimaloverlapoccursbetweentheprojects(Baggaley&Ng,232005).TheninePANdoraprojectsaretherebycomplementary in scope, and, itishoped,willleadtothe developmentof aODLapproachappropriatetoSouth and SEAsiagenerally.TheIDRCcreateditsPANdoramodelfollowinga2004overviewtour of thecountriesinvolvedbythefirstauthor of thisChapter.AcomprehensiveframeworkfortheinitiativehasbeenpresentedbyMalik,Belawati&Baggaley(2005).ThePANdoraProjects(2005‐08)Project#1(India,PakistanSriLanka):Accessibility,Acceptance, and Effects of DLTechnologies in SouthAsiaThisprojectinvestigatesdifferentICT‐basedlearningmodels(independent and blended), in terms of access,acceptability,impactonlearning and costeffectiveness, and learningstyles.ItoffersimplicationsforfutureDLinitiatives in Asia andin othercountrieswherethebenefits of DLhavenotyetbecomegenerallyknown.Expectedoutputsincluderesearchpublicationsonaccesstolearningtechnologies in thethreecountries; and recommendationsforICT‐basedlearningmodels and bestpracticesthatareappropriatetothethreecountries and others in theregion.Project#2(Mongolia,Philippines):TheViability of MobileSMSTechnologiesforNon‐formalDL in AsiaThefeasibility and acceptability of usingshortmessagesystem(SMS)technologiesarebeinginvestigatedfornon‐formalDLdeliverytodifferentsocio economic, cultural and gendergroups.Expectedoutputsincludecourseware in SMS and otherformats(booklets,cassettes,CD‐ROMs,online);anSMSserver in thetwoparticipantcountriestohandlestudentregistration,storage, and deployment of theeducationalmaterials;trainedpersonnelonSMS‐enabledtechnologies;researchtools/methodologiesforusebyprojectpartners;publications; and aset of suggestionsforpolicyguidelines and standardsfortheuse of SMS in DL.[Aprogressreportonthisprojectisgiven in Chapter7.]...
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