huridocs-tech Harnessing IT in Public Sector in Developing Countries

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## author     : mzdid10@FS1.EC.MAN.AC.UK
## date       : 02.06.99
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If you have an interest in IT use to improve government and
public sector organisations in developing countries, then the
following book will be relevant:

'Reinventing Government in the Information Age:
International Practice in IT-Enabled Public Sector Reform'
(Routledge 0-415-19037-1).

Chapters identifying successful and unsuccessful management
approaches are complemented by a dozen case studies from the US, UK,
mainland Europe, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.

Cases include:
-  the application of IT to 'downsizing' exercises in Ghana,
Uganda and Zimbabwe
- the use of IT in decentralisation of health management in Ecuador
- the experience of community development and democratisation using
IT in South Africa
- development of a national IT strategy for Barbados

The book provides an educators' guide to using the cases for
individual and group training.

Further details and order/examination copy information from:
http://www.man.ac.uk/idpm/rgia.htm

Other queries to the editor: richard.heeks@man.ac.uk

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Dr Richard Heeks
Senior Lecturer, Information Systems & Development
Institute for Development Policy & Management
University of Manchester
Precinct Centre
Manchester  M13 9GH  U.K.
Phone: +44-161-275-2870  Fax: +44-161-273-8829
Email: richard.heeks@man.ac.uk
IDPM Web: http://www.man.ac.uk/idpm
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