Tim Unwin
Author of Wine and the Vine: An Historical Geography of Viticulture and the Wine Trade
About the Author
Tim Unwin is UNESCO Chair in ICT4D and Professor of Geography at Royal Holloway, University of London. He is also Chair of the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the United Kingdom.
Works by Tim Unwin
ICT4D: Information and Communication Technology for Development (Cambridge Learning) (2009) 6 copies, 1 review
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- professor of geography
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- Royal Holloway, University of London
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- UNESCO Chair ICT4D
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This book is a noble effort at a comprehensive overview of all aspects of ICT4D, with contributions from a variety of academic and international development backgrounds.
Book is divided in two parts: a conceptual framework and practical applications. If you are not already well grounded in scope of ICT4D please start with part two and start with your personal favorite aspect of development: enterprise (business), education, health, e-governance, or rural development. Taking this approach show more should get you engaged and draw you in. Otherwise you may get lost in a somewhat dry academic recount of how we got to where we are today in part one.
The case studies will draw you in and keep you engaged. There are ten contributors besides Tim Unwin, editor, who also writes entirety of part one. Contains over 35 pages of references to other works.
Recommended reading for all development workers trying to understand how to incoporate ICTs into their current portfolio of programs and projects. Also recomended for all corporate affairs and foundation types trying to understand how to take technology to the developing world. show less
Book is divided in two parts: a conceptual framework and practical applications. If you are not already well grounded in scope of ICT4D please start with part two and start with your personal favorite aspect of development: enterprise (business), education, health, e-governance, or rural development. Taking this approach show more should get you engaged and draw you in. Otherwise you may get lost in a somewhat dry academic recount of how we got to where we are today in part one.
The case studies will draw you in and keep you engaged. There are ten contributors besides Tim Unwin, editor, who also writes entirety of part one. Contains over 35 pages of references to other works.
Recommended reading for all development workers trying to understand how to incoporate ICTs into their current portfolio of programs and projects. Also recomended for all corporate affairs and foundation types trying to understand how to take technology to the developing world. show less
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