The cases can be used for practitioner/strategy guidance, training materials, or research.
Each case outlines the nature of the ICT application, the drivers and objectives behind the case, its stakeholders, an evaluation of cost/benefit and success/failure, analysis of key enablers and challenges, and a summary set of lessons learned and recommendations.
Links to thematic papers, strategy briefs and other materials on ICTs, climate change and development can be found at:
http://www.niccd.org/
These case studies are the product of the University of Manchester's "Climate Change, Innovation and ICTs" research project, funded by Canada's International Development Research Centre (
http://www.idrc.ca)
and managed by the University's Centre for Development Informatics (
http://www.cdi.manchester.ac.uk).
Richard Heeks & Angelica Ospina