Pubbl/distr/stampa	Ottawa, : International Development Research Centre
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (137 p.)
Disciplina	332.1/52/091724
Altri autori (Persone)	CarinBarry <1946-> WoodAngela
Collana	Voices in development management
Soggetto topico	International agencies - Decision making
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-280-71779-3 9786610717798 1-55250-175-2
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Contents; Preface; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter 1 Improving Southern Voice on the IMF Board: Quo Vadis Shareholders?; Chapter 2 Democratizing the IMF; Note 1 Experiences with the Parliamentary Network on the World Bank: A View from the Inside; Note 2 Bringing More Voices into the Policy Debate; Chapter 3 Power without Responsibility? Enhancing Learning and Policy Accountability at the International Monetary Fund; Chapter 4 Operational Policies and Procedures and an Ombudsman; Note 3 Tighter IMF Accountability? Some Dangers; Conclusion; Index;
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910449859903321

Autore	Osborn Donald Zhang
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Ottawa, : International Development Research Centre, 2010
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (167 p.)
Disciplina	496.0285
Soggetto topico	African languages Computational linguistics
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-282-57812-X 9786612578120 1-55250-473-5
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	1. Introduction. 2. Background. Importance of African languages and implications for ICT. What is localisation? Overlapping regional contexts: localisation where? Who localises? What is the current state of localisation across the African region? -- 3. Introducing 'localisation ecology.' An ecological perspective on the environment for localisation. The PLETES model. Dynamic complexes within localisation ecology. Relevance to questions of ICT and localisation -- 4. Linguistic context. Languages, dialects and linguistic geography. Sociolinguistics and language change. Oral and literate traditions. Language and language in education policies. Basic literacy, pluriliteracy and user skills. Terminology and accommodation of ICT concepts -- 5. Technical context I: physical access. Physical and soft access. Computer hardware and operating systems. Connectivity and ICT policy -- 6. Technical context II: internationalisation. The facilitating technical environment. Handling complex scripts: from ASCII to Unicode. The 'last mile' of internationalisation. Internationalisation and localisation -- 7. African-language texts, encoding and fonts. Non-Latin scripts and ICT. Typology of Latin-based African orthographies. Evolution of African-language text use in ICT. Fonts. 8. Keyboards and input systems.Keyboards. Keyboards for Africa. Alternative input methods -- 9. Defining languages in ICT: tags and locales. Languages and the ISO 639 standards. Locale data -- 10. Internet. E-mail. Internationalisation and the web. Web content in and about African languages. Internationalised domain names -- 11. Software localisation. Applications and operating systems. Trends in proprietary software. Trends in free and open-source software. Software localisation in Africa. Web interfaces -- 12. Mobile technology and other specialised applications. Mobile technology. Audio dimensions: voice, text-to-speech and speech recognition. Computer assisted translation -- 13. Achieving sustainable localisation. Needs by kind of localisation and localiser. Understanding the needs of localisers. Analysis of needs from a pan-African perspective. Facilitating communication about localisation -- 14. Summary, recommendations and conclusion. Major themes. Strategic perspective. Conferences and workshops. Training and public education on localisation. Information resources and networking. Languages, policy and planning. Basic localisation and ICT policies and programmes. Africa and ICT standards for localisation. Advanced applications, tools and research. Conclusion.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910459345103321

Pubbl/distr/stampa	Dakar, Senegal, : Council for the Development of Social Sciences Research in Africa
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (97 p.)
Disciplina	338.960072
Altri autori (Persone)	NdiayeAbdoulaye <1949->
Collana	Codesria book series
Soggetto topico	Economic development - Research - Africa, Central Economic development - Research - Africa, West
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	2-86978-385-X 1-282-46637-2 1-282-90124-9 2-86978-341-8 9786612466373 9786612901249 1-55250-464-6
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Contents; List of Boxes; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Foreword; Contributors; Introduction: Why Reflect on Synergy between Researchers and Decision-makers in West and Central Africa?; Chapter I: A Complex and Multifaceted Collaboration, Often Difficult to Implement; Chapter II: Experiences and Initiatives that Promote Collaboration between Researchers and Decision-makers; Chapter III: Recommendations to Improve Dialogue between Researchers and Decision-makers; Notes; References
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910457340103321

Edizione	[1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Dakar, Senegal, : Council for the Development of Social Sciences Research in Africa
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (97 p.)
Disciplina	338.960072
Altri autori (Persone)	NdiayeAbdoulaye <1949->
Collana	Codesria book series
Soggetto topico	Economic development - Research - Africa, Central Economic development - Research - Africa, West
ISBN	2-86978-385-X 1-282-46637-2 1-282-90124-9 2-86978-341-8 9786612466373 9786612901249 1-55250-464-6
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Contents; List of Boxes; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Foreword; Contributors; Introduction: Why Reflect on Synergy between Researchers and Decision-makers in West and Central Africa?; Chapter I: A Complex and Multifaceted Collaboration, Often Difficult to Implement; Chapter II: Experiences and Initiatives that Promote Collaboration between Researchers and Decision-makers; Chapter III: Recommendations to Improve Dialogue between Researchers and Decision-makers; Notes; References
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910810874703321

Edizione	[1st ed]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Ottawa, : International Development Research Centre
Descrizione fisica	505 p ; 25 cm
Altri autori (Persone)	MkandawireP. Thandika SoludoCharles Chukwuma
Soggetto topico	Structural adjustment (Economic policy)
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-280-71764-5 9786610717644 1-55250-129-9
Classificazione	JEL.E4
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Preface -- Introduction: Toward the Broadening of Development Policy Dialogue for Africa -- In Search of Alternative Analytical and Methodological Frameworks for an African Economic Development Model -- Trade Liberalization, Regional Integration, and African Development in the Context of Structural Adjustment -- Industrialization and Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: Is the Asian Experience Useful? -- Impact of Structural Adjustment on Industrialization and Technology in Africa -- Structural Adjustment and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa: 1985-1995 -- The Elusive Prince of Denmark: Structural Adjustment and the Crisis of Governance in Africa -- Economic Policy Reforms, External Factors, and Domestic Agricultural Terms of Trade in Selected West African Countries -- Financial Sector Restructuring Under the SAPs and Economic Development, With Special Reference to Agricultural and Rural Development: A case study of Uganda -- Financial Sector Reform in Eastern and Southern Africa.-- Resource Mobilization, Financial Liberalization, and Investment: The Case of Some African Countries -- Financial Liberalization in Africa: Legal and Institutional Framework and Lessons from Other Developing Countries -- Financial Liberalization, Emerging Stock Markets, and Economic Development in Africa -- The Outcome of Financial Sector Reforms in West Africa.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910455970103321