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Exploring issues related to the use of information and communication technologies to benefit education in developing countries

February 2009

Cyberabad Dreams ...

Submitted by Michael Trucano on Fri, 02/27/2009 - 16:42

How do you develop the skills in your workforce necessary to compete in dynamic, fast-moving sectors of the global economy?  I just returned from India, where I joined colleagues from Africa in a series of site visits, learning events and presentations in the Indian IT hubs of Mumbai, Hyderabad and Bangalore in seeking answers to this (and related) questions.  More specifically, the trip provided a rich opportunity to learn more about the 'India success story' of the last 20 years in the areas of IT, IT-enabled services and business process outsourcing (BPO), gathering policy and

In with the Outsourcing Crowd: Learning from Nasscom

Submitted by Michael Trucano on Fri, 02/20/2009 - 22:08

The Nasscom India Leadership Forum in Mumbai is the annual meeting platform at which senior representatives from firms in the Indian software and Indian BPO industries share information, discuss and debate issues.  The Forum is well-covered in the Indian press, and increasingly internationally as well, and the event web site's group blog is a rich source of divergent opinions and perspectives.  Key note speeches from people inside and outside of the industry (i

The Use and Misuse of Computers in Education: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Colombia

Submitted by Michael Trucano on Fri, 02/13/2009 - 18:17

World Bank Economist Felipe Barrera-Osorio, working with Leigh Linden of Columbia University, has just published a very useful and rigorous study on the impact of ICT use in Colombia.

The Use and Misuse of Computers in Education: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Colombia (PDF) looked at  97 schools and 5,201 children over two years of participation in the Computers for Schools program.

An update on the new $10/$20 computer for education in India

Submitted by Michael Trucano on Fri, 02/06/2009 - 08:07

En route to Mumbai, I thought I'd pass around some summary information about the new "$10 education laptop" officially announced this week in India.

This has received a great deal of press attention, much of which appears to be (after doing some further investigation) ill-informed / speculative.