ICTs for Development: Whither Developing Countries?

The importance of ICTs for developing countries

to try to bring them into line with their obligations under the TRIPS agreement. This national process is likely to accelerate the biopiracy phenomenon. With careful and intelligent legal and policy choices, developing countries can try to avoid some of the worse aspects of implementing their TRIPS obligations. But a fundamental rethink and amendment of the multilateral rules is essential if th...

ICTs and the possibilities for leapfrogging by developing countries

T last half of the twentieth century was marked by steady advance in the ubiquity of information and communication technologies (ICTs) throughout the industrialized world. The emergence of a significant “digital divide” between industrialized and developing countries is reproducing existing patterns of inequality with regard to these new technologies (Castells, 1996). During this same period, h...

Whither multilateralism? Implications of bilateral NAMA finance for development and soverignty concerns of developing countries

The concept of sovereignty has been considerably redefined by the environmental challenges, particularly those with global implications. While the sovereign right of countries to exploit natural resources (and protect the environment) within national boundaries has been recognised, how this right may be exercised by countries has been facing increasing threat of restrictions on account of the p...

ICTs and Education in Developing Countries: Do Policies Matter?

Child development in developing countries 2 Child development: risk factors for adverse outcomes in developing countries

Poverty and associated health, nutrition, and social factors prevent at least 200 million children in developing countries from attaining their developmental potential. We review the evidence linking compromised development with modifi able biological and psychosocial risks encountered by children from birth to 5 years of age. We identify four key risk factors where the need for intervention is...