Essays about: "ICTs"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 114 essays containing the word ICTs.

  1. 26. How to Develop Core Elements of Empowerment

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Leo Lundblad Stene; [2021]
    Keywords : Women s empowerment; ICT; Digital divide; Jo Rowlands; Ghana; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The aim of the study is to examine how young women conceive their empowerment processes through access to ICTs, provided by the non-governmental organization IT for Children. The thesis is a qualitative case study of young women’s empowerment. READ MORE

  3. 27. Evaluating Donor-Funded ICT Projects : How Significant is Western-Centrism?

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Zivile Necejauskaite; [2021]
    Keywords : ICT; development; project evaluation; impact; outcome; results;

    Abstract : Donor-funded economic and development assistance for various countries and regions has been steadily increasing in the last half-century. According to the World Bank, the funding amount provided by this organisation has increased more than 40 times from 4.6 billion USD to 166 billion USD in a 58-year span (World Bank, 2018). READ MORE

  4. 28. The Environmental Effects of Investing in ICT - Evidence from Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Lisa Grabo; [2021]
    Keywords : environment; emission; ICT; technology; distributed-lag model and event study.; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The potential of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions has been increasingly acknowledged as relevant in intergovernmental policy documents. However, the positive and negative environmental effects of ICTs are widely debated and there is a lack of systematic analysis regarding causal links between ICT and the environment. READ MORE

  5. 29. The influence of technostress on perceived academic performance : A study on university students in Sweden

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskap och medieteknik (DVMT)

    Author : Nicola Fitzgerald; [2021]
    Keywords : Technostress; ICTs; Stress; Education; Technology; Academic Performance;

    Abstract : Increased digitisation in higher education requires the usage of various information and communication technologies (ICTs). However, studies have shown that ICTs induce technostress. The purpose of this research is to explore how technology characteristics influence students’ technostress, and in turn their perceived academic performance. READ MORE

  6. 30. Always there culture : Home office and the struggle of Mexican women for work/life balance in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

    Author : Alia Felix Guerrero; [2021]
    Keywords : Work life balance; Telework; ICT s; Phenomenology; Gender; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Working Mexican mothers have been experiencing drastic changes in their way of life due to the forced adaptation of their office work into a ‘Home office’ mode. The reason of this sudden change was brought by the Covid-19 pandemic which prompted governments and companies to enforce lockdowns and social distancing as measures to prevent the contagion. READ MORE