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The Communication Initiative
After nearly 28 years, The Communication Initiative (The CI) Global is entering a new chapter. Following a period of transition, the global website has been transferred to the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in South Africa, where it will be administered by the Social and Behaviour Change Communication Division. Wits' commitment to social change and justice makes it a trusted steward for The CI's legacy and future.
 
Co-founder Victoria Martin is pleased to see this work continue under Wits' leadership. Victoria knows that co-founder Warren Feek (1953–2024) would have felt deep pride in The CI Global's Africa-led direction.
 
We honour the team and partners who sustained The CI for decades. Meanwhile, La Iniciativa de Comunicación (CILA) continues independently at cila.comminitcila.com and is linked with The CI Global site.
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Information Technologies and International Development Journal

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  • Ernest J. Wilson III , ed.
  • Michael L. Best, ed.
After the first phase of the WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society, December 10-12 2003, Geneva, Switzerland), the MIT Press launched a new initiative in the form of a quarterly journal titled "Information Technologies and International Development (ITID)".

The ITID journal strives to focus on the intersection of information and communication technologies (ICT) with international development. It aims to create a networked community of leading thinkers and strategists to discuss the critical issues of ICT and development, an epistemic community that crosses disciplines (especially technologists and social scientists), national boundaries, and the North and South hemispheres. The intended audience for this journal includes those from academia, the private sector, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), and government.

The journal hopes to attract readers interested in the "other four billion" - the share of the world population whose countries are not yet widely connected to the Internet nor widely considered in the design of new information technologies. This publication is available in print and through electronic access.

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