Latin America and the Caribbean 09
Africa: 2009 - Access to Online Information and Knowledge
Knowledge is essential to human development, as it plays a role in economic progress, cultural growth and individual fulfilment. Because of this, access to knowledge (A2K) in any form must be seen as an essential human right.
Latin America and the Caribbean
Europe
Latin America and the Caribbean
The Latin American and Caribbean region is characterised by linguistic, cultural and economic diversity.
Africa
Communications in Africa have made significant gains in a relatively short space of time.
South-East Asia
This report explores connectivity and access dimensions of the information society vision in South-East Asia, by presenting a scaleable framework for comparing the matur
The Pacific
This report looks at information and communications technology (ICT) empowerment in the Pacific.
Algeria
Bordered by six countries in North Africa, the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria
Argentina
Introduction
Bangladesh
Bosnia
Brazil
Bulgaria
Cameroon
Chile
Colombia
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
Republic of Congo
Costa Rica
Croatia
Egypt
Ethiopia
India
Iraq
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Republic of Korea
Kyrgyzstan
Mexico
Morocco
Namibia
Netherlands
Nigeria
Occupied Palestinian Territory
Pakistan
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Romania
Rwanda
Saudi Arabia
South Africa
Spain
Switzerland
Syria
Tajikistan
Tajikistan ratified a law on the right to access information on 18 June 2008.
Tunisia
Uganda
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Bangladesh
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Brazil
Introduction
Bulgaria
Cameroon
Chile
Colombia
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
Republic of Congo
Costa Rica
Croatia
Ecuador
Ethiopia
India
Jamaica
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Republic of Korea
Kyrgyzstan
Mexico
Nigeria
Pakistan
Paraguay
Peru
Romania
Rwanda
Senegal
South Africa
Switzerland
Tajikistan
The Republic of Tajikistan, located in Central Asia, is a landlocked country encompassing an area of 143,100 kilometres, stretching 700 kilometres from east to west and
Tanzania
Uganda
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Zambia
Argentina
Bangladesh
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Brazil
Bulgaria
Colombia
Croatia
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
Ecuador
Egypt
Ethiopia
India
Kenya
Mexico
Nigeria
Pakistan
Peru
Philippines
Romania
South Africa
Uganda
Argentina
Brasil
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
España
Mexico
Paraguay
Peru
Uruguay
Croatia
Argentine
Argentina
Australia
Introduction
Bangladesh
Introduction
Benin
Introduction
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Brazil
Cameroon
Introduction
Chile
Colombia
Introduction
Republic of Congo
Costa Rica
Croatia
Introduction
Ecuador
Egypt
Ethiopia
France
India
Iran
Introduction
Iraq
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Introduction
Kenya
Introduction
Republic of Korea
Introduction
Kyrgyzstan
Mexico
Morocco
Nepal
Nigeria
Pakistan
Occupied Palestinian Territory
Introduction
Peru
Introduction
Philippines
Romania
Rwanda
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Introduction
South Africa
Spain
Sweden
Introduction
Switzerland
Syria
Uganda
United Kingdom
Introduction
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Introduction
Venezuela
Zimbabwe
Bangladesh
Bosnie-Herzégovine
Brésil
Bulgarie
Cameroun
Chili
Colombie
République démocratique du congo (rdc)
République du congo
Costa Rica
Croatie
Équateur
Éthiopie
Inde
Jamaïque
Kirghizistan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Mexique
Nigeria
Pakistan
Paraguay
Pérou
Roumanie
Rwanda
Sénégal
Afrique du sud
Suisse
Ouganda
Uruguay
Ouzbékistan
Zambie
Introduction
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
Spain
España
Bosnia and Herzegovenia
Introduction
Bulgaria
Netherlands
Argentina
Introducción
Ecuador
Introducción
Bulgaria
Vera STAEVSKA[1]:
Sweden
Henrik ALMSTRÖM[1]:
Raport de țară privind societatea informațională: Suedia[2]
Romania
BAKÓ Rozália Klára[1]:
United Kingdom
Paul MOBBS[1]:
Argentina
Introducción
Colombia
Ecuador
Autor: Valeria Betancourt
1. Introducción
México
Autor: Olina Marino
Perú
Autor: Miguel Saravia, Erick Iriarte
España
Autor: Assumpció Guasch y Leandro Navarro
Colombia
Autor: Olga Paz Martínez
Ecuador
Autor: Hugo Carrión
Perú
Autor: Jorge Bossio
Brasil
Autor: Gisele S. Craveiro
Venezuela
Autor: Sandra L. Benítez U.
1- INTRODUCCIÓN
Chile
Autores: Patricia Peña y Alberto Cerda
Uruguay
Autor: Sofía Baldizan, Santiago Escuder
Bolivia
Bangladesh
Authors: Ahmed Swapan Mahmud and Farjana Akter
An online campaign against 1971 war criminals in Bangladesh
Argentina
Bolivia
Australia
Introduction
Benin
The use of ICTs in education in Benin: Delusion and the light of hope
Introduction
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Is online media an ally for social justice? Trapped between hate and inflammatory speech
Introduction
Brazil
From a cyber crime law to an internet civil rights framework
Introduction
Bulgaria
Cameroon
China
Author: Jeremy Goldkorn
The internet: China's fourth estate
Colombia
Author: Lilian Chamorro Rojas
Republic of Congo
Privacy on the internet in the Republic of Congo
Introduction
Costa Rica
ICTs help defeat opencast mining project
Introduction
Côte d'Ivoire
Author: Nnenna Nwakanma
Internet-enabled citizen engagement during the 2010 elections
Introduction
Croatia
Introduction
Ecuador
The rescue of a president: The role of social media in informing and mobilising citizens in national crises
Introduction
Egypt
Ethiopia
Introduction
France
Author: Frédéric Sultan (with La Quadrature du net)
India
The role of the internet in the right to information in India
Introduction
Indonesia
Technology and protest in Indonesia
Iran
Introduction
Italy
Authors: Arturo Di Corinto and Giacomo Mazzone
Blocking Italy’s “gag law”
Introduction
Jamaica
“Saving a prized Jamaican wilderness”: Combining internet protests with local activism
Introduction
Jordan
Authors: Yahia Shukkeir
New media in social resistance and public demonstrations
Introduction
Japan
Introduction
Kazakhstan
Authors: Adil Nurmakov
Introduction
Kenya
Perceptions and misconceptions: The role of new and traditional media in Kenya’s post-election violence (2007)
Introduction
Republic of Korea
South Korea's 2008 candlelight demonstrations and digital rights
Introduction
Kyrgyzstan
The role of social networks in Kyrgyzstan during ethnic tensions in 2010
Lebanon
Authors: Mireille Raad
Broadband as a human right in Lebanon
Introduction
Mexico
Introduction
Mozambique
Authors: Polly Gaster
Introduction
Nepal
Waiting for the Nepal Spring
Backstage
Netherlands
Authors: Frederik Zuiderveen Borgesius
RFID cards for public transport in the Netherlands
Introduction
New Zealand
Authors: Jordan Carter
Copyright conundrums
Introduction
Morocco
The internet revolution in the Arab region paves the way to democracy
Nigeria
Impact of the WikiLeaks cables on Nigeria: Transparency in governance and forums for citizen voice
Introduction
Pakistan
Fighting for human rights in Balochistan online
Introduction
Occupied Palestinian Territory
Introduction
Peru
Introduction
Romania
Introduction
Rwanda
Introduction
Saudi Arabia
Social networking and the women who aren’t allowed to drive cars
Introduction
Spain
Introduction
Sweden
WikiLeaks in Sweden: A note on local source protection in a global online world
Introduction
Switzerland
Surveillance and security mania violating basic rights
Introduction
Tanzania
Author: Lillian Nalwoga
Introduction
Thailand
Author: Arthit Suriyawongkul
Introduction
Tunisia
Introduction
United Kingdom
Author: Javier Ruiz
Cutting to the core: The role of social media in resistance in the UK
Introduction
Uruguay
Author: Soledad Morales Ramos
The battle against forgetting in Uruguay
Introduction
United States
Author: Melissa Ditmore and Kevicha Echols
Digital youth: Sexual development and expression, and the complications of modern technologies
Venezuela
Reform laws that limit and control the internet and electronic media in Venezuela: The impact of regulations on freedom of expression
Zambia
ICTs and the struggle for social change: The case of the Barotse uprising
Introduction
Bosna i Hercegovina
Croatia
Uvod
Argentina
Bolivia
Brasil
Colombia
Autor: Lilian Chamorro Rojas
Costa Rica
Ecuador
Jamaica
Uruguay
Autor: Soledad Morales Ramos
México
Redes sociales y la "guerra contra las drogas"
Perú
Venezuela
भारत
Monitoring and defending freedom of expression and privacy on the internet in South Africa
Opportunities and threats for internet rights in Argentina
The struggle for internet freedom in Azerbaijan
In Azerbaijan, the authorities often employ a wide range of administrative, financial, legal and arbitrary measures agai
Monitoring and defending freedom of expression and association on the internet in Indonesia
The challenge of internet rights in Pakistan
Securing internet rights in Saudi Arabia
Argentina
The right to vote: Can ICTs secure fair elections?
Bangladesh
Authors: Partha Sarker and Anir Chowdhury
ICTs and local service delivery in Bangladesh
Benin
Bolivia
Access to information in Bolivia: Lessons learned in policy making
Introduction
Brazil
Where does the money go? The challenge of transparency in state spending
Bulgaria
Author: Pavel Antonov
Cameroon
The struggle to turn the tide….
Canada
China
Author: Hudson Lockett
Colombia
Author: Ariel Barbosa
Democratic Republic of Congo
Author: Françoise Mukuku
Republic of Congo
Fighting the epidemic: The need to integrate ICTs
Costa Rica
"Don’t play with our health": Using
Côte d'Ivoire
Author: Nnenna Nwakanma
Egypt
Fighting corruption as a way of life…
Ethiopia
The effective role of e-government in combating corruption
Hungary
Author: maxigas
India
India, the internet and the need for a government that is responsive to its citizens
Indonesia
Authors: Yerry Nikholas and Alexandra Crosby
Iraq
Author: John Chua
Italy
Authors: Andrea Cairola, with support from Juan Carlos De Martin, Giacomo Mazzone and Arturo Di Corinto
Jamaica
Authors: Hopeton S. Dunn and Michele D. Thomas
Jordan
Authors: Yahia Shukkeir
Kenya
Open data and the challenge of transparency
Republic of Korea
Author: Minkyung Jung
Kyrgyzstan
Author: Artem Goryainov
Lebanon
Author: Mireille Raad
Morocco
The internet and active citizenship
Nepal
Empowering citizens through appropriate technologies
Netherlands
Introduction1
Nigeria
Authors: Kazanka Comfort and John Dada
Occupied Palestine Territory
Country: Occupied Palestinian Territory
Pakistan
Authors: Shahzad Ahmad and Faheem Zafar
Peru
Authors: Jorge Bossio, Leonor Lamas and Miguel Saravia
Romania
Mapping transparency and participation online
Saudi Arabia
Authors: Rafid Fatani and Ahmed Al Omran
South Africa
Author: Indra de Lanerolle
Spain
Authors: Anna Fernández and Marta Solano
Switzerland
Switzerland: Facets of an unimposing problem
Syria
Young Syrians tackle corruption using the internet
Tanzania
Author: Lillian Nalwoga
Thailand
Author: Thaweeporn Kummetha
Uganda
Using ICTs to demand better service delivery
United Kingdom
Author: Javier Ruiz
United States
Author: Trevor Timm
Transparency in Obama’s first term: From promise to failure
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Uruguay
Author: Alexander Castleton and Maria Julia Morales
Vanuatu
Author: Dan McGarry
A work in progress: access to the internet in Vanuatu
Venezuela
Author: Sandra L.
Western Balkans
The collective memory of the undone and the damage
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