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Free and open source software and technology for sustainable development / edited by Sulayman K. Sowe, Govindan Parayil and Atsushi Sunami. - Tokyo; New York: Paris: United Nations University Press, 2012 - xxvi, 346 p. ; ill. : 24 cm.

TEC B35386

  • This book aims to raise awareness, increase the development and capturethe impacts of free and open source software (FOSS) for sustainable development.

UNU B35385

  • This book aims to raise awareness, increase the development and capturethe impacts of free and open source software (FOSS) for sustainable development.


Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I: FOSS research, theory, technology adoption and practice .


1 Making sustainable open source software infrastructures by
federating and learning in the global context
Gianluca Miscione
2 Innovative tools for sustainable agriculture in developing
countries: The impact of open source biotechnology
Ademola A. Adenle and Obijiofor Aginam
3 FOSS as a driver: Perspectives from the ICT development
agenda Tomonari Takeuchi
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4 A participatory service learning process for FOSS-based
solidarity projects David Franquesa, David Lp̤ez, Leandro Navarro and Fermn̕ Sǹchez
5 Open source software migration: Capturing best practices
using process reference models
Onkgopotse Molefe and Thomas Fogwill
6 Exploring FOSS opportunities in natural hazard risk
assessment and disaster management
Coley Zephenia
7 Open source software adoption best practices: Myths,
realities, processes and economic growth
Carlo Daffara
8 Language data as a foundation for developing countries:
The ANLoc 100 African Locales Initiative
Martin Benjamin


Part II: FOSS case studies, surveys, policy development and
experience reports 9 The open source ecosystem in Tunisia: An empirical study
Imed Hammouda
10 Adoption and diffusion patterns of FOSS in Jamaican SMEs:
A study of perceptions, attitudes and barriers
Maurice McNaughton, Sheryl Thompson and Evan W. Duggan
11 Development NGOs as potential groups for expansion of
FOSS: The case of Iran
Saeid Nouri Neshat, Parvin Pakzadmanesh, Mehdi Almasi
and Mohammad Amin Ameri
12 Improving public healthcare systems in developing countries
using FOSS: The EHAS Foundation case
Carlos Rey-Moreno, Inš Bebea-Gonzl̀ez, Ignacio Prieto-
Egido, Seth Cochran, Ignacio Foche-Přez, Jose Garca̕-
Mǫ͠z, Andrš Martn̕ez-Fernǹdez and Javier
Sim-̤Reigadas
13 FOSS in school communities: An experience report from Peace
Corps volunteers in Ghana Part III: Conclusion
14 Conclusion Caroline Hardin
Sulayman K. Sowe


97880871869 9789280812176


SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE


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