Although they share the same geographic boundaries and social structures, men and women live in separate realities. Compared with men, women often enjoy fewer rights and resources. Gender-based inequalities limit how women can benefit from the opportunities offered by Information and Communication…

With the rapid growth of private sector investment in mobile communication, large numbers of poor rural communities now have mobile phones, smart phones, and internet access. The emergence of cloud services has begun to provide powerful and extendable computing platforms at little or no cost. Through this programme, the UNU International Institute for Software Technology (UNU-IIST) will address the question of how such recent advances in information communication technology (ICT)…

This note presents some conclusions of the work carried out by the secretariat in the area of e-business, ICT and development since the ninth session of the Commission. It provides information concerning basic trends in the spread and usage of ICT with a focus on developing countries. It also includes the secretariat's analysis of the implications for the wider usage of ICT in developing countries of several issues on the international agenda.…

The spread of information and communication technologies (ICTs) continues to facilitate technological

change in the globalizing economy. Recent editions of the Information Economy Report have documented

how the rapid diffusion of mobile telephony and improved international broadband connectivity, including in the least developed countries (LDCs), as well as the introduction of new services and applications, are

facilitating more inclusive development. This not only has…

Approximately six-hundred and fifty million people around the world live with some form of disability – including both physical and cognitive – with a high percentage of these individuals living in developing countries. This also includes the continuing rise in the number of elderly people…