Message-ID: <8525677F.0044F356.00@DAI_NT4.DAI.COM> Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 08:32:39 -0400 From: mailto:Matt_Buzby@DAI.COM Subject: New MBP Publication To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU
The USAID Microenterprise Best Practices (MBP) project has recently published the review paper "Information and Communications Technologies: Are they the Key to Viable Business Development Services for Micro and Small Enterprises?" written by Clifton Barton and Marshall Bear.The paper is available free of charge at the project website, http://www.mip.org/pubs/MBP/ict.htm.
This study of documents and on-line information offers an initial assessment of how ICT developments are affecting MSEs. It looks at the MSE customer and examines the current uses and benefits of basic communication and information services. It looks at ICT suppliers and examines the effectiveness and viability of different service delivery models in supplying telecommunications and other business services to MSEs. It concludes with recommendations on a research agenda to more systemically examine the principal findings of this review and to explore ways in which new information and communication services can more effectively support MSE development.
To obtain a copy of the brief via email, please send a blank message to mailto:ict@dai-listserve.dai.com.
Bound copies of the full publication are available at cost for US$7.80. All orders must be prepaid. Please send a check or money order made payable to DEVELOPMENT ALTERNATIVES, INC. at the following address:
Microenterprise Best Practices Project Development Alternatives, Inc. 7250 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 200 Bethesda, Maryland 20814 USA
The Microenterprise Best Practices Project is funded by the US Agency for International Development and managed by Development Alternatives, Inc.
Nhu-An Tran MBP Information Dissemination Coordinator