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Information and Communication

Technologies for Economic and
Regional Developments
M. Hakikur Rahman, Sustainable Development
Networking Programme (SDNP), Bangladesh

The information revolution has transformed the global

development approach through innovative use of infor-
mation and communication technologies (ICTs). ICT
practices for development, contribution of information
and knowledge management is significant. Information
and Communication Technologies for Economic and
Regional Developments includes evolution, planning,
development, implementation, and practical implica-
tions of diversified development practices around the
world, focusing on socio-economic empowerment and
regional developments through ICTs.

Information and Communication Technologies for Economic and Regional Developments provides rec-
ommendations, success cases and failures of those development practices that can be taken into con-
sideration for future project preparation.

Table of Contents:
CHAPTER 1 ICTs and Educational Benefits in Regional Development
CHAPTER 2 Strategies for the Cooperation of Higher Education
Institutions in ICT
CHAPTER 3 ICT Based Learning: A Basic Ingredient for
Socio-Economic Development
CHAPTER 4 New ICTs for Conflict Prevention and Management
CHAPTER 5 Technological Innovation, Trade and Development
CHAPTER 6 Support Networks for Rural and Regional Communities
CHAPTER 7 Developing a Global Perspective for Knowledge
Management
CHAPTER 8 Cultural Knowledge Management and Broadband
Content in Development: Open Content Platforms,
Copyright and Archives
CHAPTER 9 Holistic Evaluation of the Role of Information
Communication Technologies in Regional Development
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CHAPTER 10 Role of ICT in Socio-Economic Development and
Poverty Reduction
CHAPTER 11 A Dissemination Strategy for the Management of
Knowledge in Rural Communities
CHAPTER 12 Role of ICT in Development Process: A Review of Issues
and Prospects in South Asia
CHAPTER 13 Potential Challenges of ICT Implementations in Sri Lanka
CHAPTER 14 E-Government Practices in Regional Development Context:
Turkish Case
CHAPTER 15 ICTs as Tools for Poverty Reduction: The Tanzanian
Experience
CHAPTER 16 Management of New Genetic Knowledge for Economic and
Regional Development of Ethnic Minorities in China
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About the Editor

Engr. Md. Hakikur Rahman, PhD. is the Project Coordinator of the Sustainable Development
Networking Programme (SDNP) in Bangladesh, a global initiative of UNDP since December 1999. He
also acts as the Secretary of South Asia Foundation Bangladesh Chapter. Before joining SDNP, he
worked as the Director, Computer Division, Bangladesh Open University. He has written several books
and many articles/papers on computer educa-
tion for the informal sector and distance educa- “There is an urgent need to understand the
tion. He is the Founder-Chairperson of Internet technology perspective along with the prag-
Society Bangladesh Chapter; Editor, the matic applications of it and to explore the
Monthly Computer Bichitra; Founder-Principal potential of different types of knowledge that
and Member Secretary, ICMS Computer it may yield. In this context, synthesis on
College; Head Examiner (Computer), contents from computer science and theoreti-
Bangladesh Technical Education Board; cal physics to information science, communi-
Executive Director, BAERIN (Bangladesh cation studies and entomology need to be
Advanced Education Research and Information revisited with nascent eyes, focusing develop-
Network) Foundation; and involved in activities ment of common people; the majority of the
related to establishment of a IT based distance global community.”
education university in Bangladesh. —Hakikur Rahman, PhD.

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