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How to deploy ICT4D projects in LMICs?

Learn how to implement ICT4D projects in developing countries with lessons learned from leading digital development practitioners condensed into “How To Guides.” These step-by-step instructions will guide you to successful and sustainable digital solutions in health, education, agriculture, and economic development.

How to Guides for ICT4D projects can be a valuable resource for humanitarian organizations looking to improve their efforts in four ways:

  • Providing guidance and best practices: “How-to guides” can offer detailed instructions and best practices for implementing ICT4D projects. These resources can help organizations avoid common pitfalls and ensure that their projects are well-designed, effective, and sustainable.
  • Saving time and resources: By providing clear and concise instructions, “how-to guides” can save humanitarian organizations time and resources that would otherwise be spent on trial-and-error. This allows organizations to focus on other critical aspects of their work, such as outreach and impact measurement.
  • Encouraging collaboration: “How-to guides” can help promote collaboration between organizations and individuals working on ICT4D projects by providing a common framework and language for discussing project design and implementation.
  • Enhancing impact: By providing guidance on effective project design and implementation, “how-to guides” can help organizations improve the impact of their ICT4D projects. This can lead to better outcomes for the communities they serve and a more significant contribution to broader humanitarian efforts.

How To Guides will help you figure out what works in leadership, innovation, and risk-taking as you push the boundaries of what is possible in scaling ideas from pilots to global programs.

How To Guides for You

Here is our ever-expanding list of How To Guides for digital development programming for international development initiatives. We hope they will help you learn how to succeed with ICT4D

New USAID Primer: Disinformation, Misinformation, and Malinfomation

New USAID Primer: Disinformation, Misinformation, and Malinfomation

Published on: Nov 04 2021 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on New USAID Primer: Disinformation, Misinformation, and Malinfomation
Disinformation is by no means new. Although social media platforms have emerged as the most efficient spreaders of false information, disinformation is also spread...
How to Improve Human Resource Information Systems for Health

How to Improve Human Resource Information Systems for Health

Published on: Oct 13 2021 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on How to Improve Human Resource Information Systems for Health
Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and the WHO’s Year of the Health and Care Worker, the importance of the health workforce has never been more apparent. However, many...
How to Explain Data Standards and Interoperability in Digital Health

How to Explain Data Standards and Interoperability in Digital Health

Published on: Oct 07 2021 by Tech Change - 2 Comments
 Phases like data interoperability, open standards, and health information exchange are often used in digital health, but like many hype cycle buzzwords, there...
How to Create Digital Reading Programs for Your Library or School

How to Create Digital Reading Programs for Your Library or School

Published on: Aug 18 2021 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on How to Create Digital Reading Programs for Your Library or School
Having a digital reading device is like having a library in your hands. Digital reading gives library patrons access to an instant library of books that never closes....
Don’t Build It. A Guide for ICT4D Practitioners to Just Say No

Don’t Build It. A Guide for ICT4D Practitioners to Just Say No

Published on: Jul 28 2021 by Guest Writer - 2 Comments
The central problem of software is that anything can be built. With a physical structure, nature and physics puts some constraints on the space of ideas. With software,...
How to Safely Collect Data Remotely During COVID-19 Digital Response

How to Safely Collect Data Remotely During COVID-19 Digital Response

Published on: Apr 22 2021 by Guest Writer - 1 Comment
Please RSVP Now to learn more about data collection solutions at the Global Digital Development Forum on May 5. Our amazing agenda features multiple sessions dedicated...
10 Tips for Better Remote Data Collection with Mobile Phone Surveys

10 Tips for Better Remote Data Collection with Mobile Phone Surveys

Published on: Mar 25 2021 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on 10 Tips for Better Remote Data Collection with Mobile Phone Surveys
Many international development organizations invest heavily in phone-based surveys to gather high-quality feedback and project evaluation data. When done correctly,...
New Toolkit: How to Apply Artificial Intelligence Ethically in Your Programs

New Toolkit: How to Apply Artificial Intelligence Ethically in Your Programs

Published on: Mar 10 2021 by Wayan Vota - 2 Comments
As decision making and recommendations become increasingly algorithmically automated, it is critical that we are intentional about producing more fair development...
USAID Guide: How to Evaluate Distance Learning in COVID-19 Response

USAID Guide: How to Evaluate Distance Learning in COVID-19 Response

Published on: Feb 24 2021 by Wayan Vota - Comments Off on USAID Guide: How to Evaluate Distance Learning in COVID-19 Response
As countries around the world have closed learning institutions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, teaching and learning have pivoted from in-person instruction...
New USAID Guide: How to Manage Artificial Intelligence Projects in International Development

New USAID Guide: How to Manage Artificial Intelligence Projects in International Development

Published on: Feb 10 2021 by Wayan Vota - 2 Comments
As machine learning applications become more widely adopted, so does optimism for the ability for artificial intelligence to reshape the development sector, from...