Information technology in selected countries
This is the old United Nations University website. Visit the new site at http://unu.edu
Information technology in selected countries
Edited by Eileen P. Drew and F. Gordon Foster
Reports from Ireland, Ethiopia, Nigeria, and Tanzania
The United Nations University
Tokyo, Japan
© The United Nations University, 1994
The views expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations University.
The United Nations University, 53-70, Jingumae 5-chome,
Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150, Japan
Tel: (03) 3499-2811
Fax: (03) 3499-2828
Telex: J25442
Cable: UNATUNIV TOKYO
Typeset by Asco Trade Typesetting Ltd., Hong Kong
Printed by Permanent Typesetting and Printing Co., Ltd., Hong
Kong
Cover design by Takashi Suzuki
UNUP-831
ISBN 92-808-0831-1
United Nations Sales No. E.93.III.A.2
02700 P
The United Nations University is an organ of the United Nations established by the General Assembly in 1972 to be an international community of scholars engaged in research, advanced training, and the dissemination of knowledge related to the pressing global problems of human survival, development, and welfare. Its activities focus mainly on peace and conflict resolution, development in a changing world, and science and technology in relation to human welfare. The University operates through a worldwide network of research and postgraduate training centres, with its planning and coordinating headquarters in Tokyo.
The United Nations University Press, the publishing division of the UNU, publishes scholarly books and periodicals in the social sciences, humanities, and pure and applied natural sciences related to the University's research.
Note to the Reader from the UNU
1: Development of information technology in Ireland
1. Introduction
2. Historical perspective
3. Government policy and the role of key institutions
4. Development of the electronics industry
5. Development of the software industry
6. The telecommunications infrastructure for it
7. Manufacturing applications of information technology
8. IT applications in the service sector
9. The impact of it on employment
10. Education and training in information technology
11. Summary and implications for developing countries
Appendix A: IT-related courses in tertiary-level institutions in 1987/88
Appendix B: EOLAS innovation support programmes
References
2: Information technology in Ethiopia
1. Introduction
2. Historical perspective
3. Government policy and the role of key institutions
4. Telecommunication infrastructure
5. It applications in the service sector
6. Education and training in IT
Appendix: Computer courses
References
3: Development of information technology in Nigeria
1. Introduction
2. Growth of information technology
3. IT policy
4. The computer service industry
5. Telecommunications
6. Applications of IT
7. Education and training in IT
8. Conclusion
References
4: Development of information technology in Tanzania
1. History of informatics in Tanzania
2. Current situation: Computer hardware
3. Trend in growth of hardware acquisition since the 1960s
4. Current situation: Computer software
5. Informatics education and training
6. Computer usage
7. Informatics infrastructure
8. Informatics policy
References