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Communicating Sustainable Development Goals in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Palgrave Macmillan (2026), xlvii, 523 pp.
"This book is the first scholarly work dedicated to examining the complex relationship between artificial intelligence and communicating the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Moving beyond techno-optimist narratives, the book advances a critical theoretical intervention: the AI Sustainability Exclus
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"Our research reveals that the organisational use of AI and algorithmic systems often happens through a process of unstructured integration rather than formal adoption. More precisely, cloud-based, algorithmic-enhanced functionalities and processes are making their way into humanitarian entitiesʼ t
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„Hi, how may I assist you?” Chatbots for Better Service Delivery. Practical Guide, Applications and Principles in Development Cooperation
Key Guides
Bonn; Eschborn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) (2026), 48 pp.
"The guide provides lessons-learnt for building AI chatbots and explores: motivations and requirements for developing a chatbot; functional types of AI chatbots suitable for different projects; content and knowledge base behind chatbots; technological architectures for AI chatbots; steering and man
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"The SAFE AI Framework is designed to support humanitarian organisations on their AI journey, and navigate the risks raised. Organisations procuring AI systems or designing AI projects will benefit from each tool within this framework, which is intended as a practical approach to using, designing, p
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"This book investigates how the rise of information and communications technologies is transforming life for Indigenous communities and those living in rural and developing areas. The global reach of the internet and the proliferation of mobile phones, broadband and social media have created an inte
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"Based on the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) AI Risk Management Framework, the seven characteristics of trustworthy AI are:
1. Valid and Reliable: The AI system should perform as intended, delivering accurate results consistently across different situations.
2. Safe: The sy
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"This people-centered playbook [...] is designed to give you the essentials of AI adoption in a quick, accessible format, with core concepts, foundational steps, and key frameworks without overwhelming detail. Built for impact-driven teams in low-resource or non-tech-first contexts, it answers the m
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"Whether you use ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini, Copilot or Perplexity – generative AI poses massive problems: many results are inaccurate and politically problematic, the systems’ energy and water consumption is enormous. At the same time, they have become an integral part of everyday life. Algorith
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Handbook on Data Protection and Privacy for Developers of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in India
New Delhi: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ); FAIR Forward – Artificial Intelligence for All (2026), 117 pp.
"This Handbook is designed as a practical guide for developers of AI systems, especially from early-stage startups, to navigate data protection obligations and ethical considerations, in a clear and actionable manner. Rather than serving as a comprehensive legal or
technical manual, the Handbook co
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AI is here. Are we ready?
D+C: Development and Cooperation, issue 4 (2026), pp. 31-58
"AI is already having a profound impact on our daily lives. The key question is who controls the technology. It is not only in conflicts that AI accelerates the spread of deceptively realistic fakes and makes it harder to distinguish reliable information from manipulation. At the same time, it opens
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Critical ICT4D: Information and Communication Technologies for Development
Oxford: Routledge (2025), xiv, 199 pp.
"The edited volume Critical ICT4D highlights the need for a paradigm change in theorising, designing, and researching Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D). Engaging authors from the Majority World and entering a process of restoring epistemic justice in knowledge produc
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L’essor des technologies numériques en Côte d’Ivoire: Réalités et enjeux
Paris: L'Harmattan (2025), 227 pp.
"Au début du troisième millénaire, la Côte d’Ivoire, à l’instar d’autres pays africains, au sortir de sommets internationaux, tirant la « sonnette d’alarme » sur la nécessité de combler le fossé numérique entre le Sud et le Nord, va prendre des initiatives en vue de favoriser la p
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Hamburg Declaration on Responsible Artificial Intelligence (AI) for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Key Guides
Hamburg: Hamburg Sustainability Conference; UNDP (2025), 7 pp.
"As global stakeholders from governments, international organizations, the private sector, academia, and civil society, we convene in Hamburg to shape a human-centric, human-rights-based, inclusive, open, sustainable, and responsible AI future. We commit to advancing AI for the SDGs, aligning with o
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Success and failure of ICT for economic development (ICT4EcD) projects in the Global South: Scoping review of underlying factors
African Journal of Information and Communication (AJIC), issue 36 (2025), pp. 1-23
"Information and communication technology for economic development (ICT4EcD) initiatives in Global Southern contexts encounter numerous challenges that can hinder the achievement of stated project objectives. Available evidence suggests that these projects tend to end in failure more often than succ
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Technocolonialism: When Technology for Good is Harmful
Cambridge: Polity Press (2025), vii, 248 pp.
"With over 300 million people in need of humanitarian assistance and with emergencies and climate disasters becoming ever more common, AI and big data are being championed as a force for good and as a solution to the complex challenges of the aid sector. This book argues, on the contrary, that digit
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Giving Thanks: Top 15 Digital Development Blogs Focused on LMICs
ICTworks, November 27 (2025)
"Analysis of the 15 most influential ICT4D blogs reveals three dominant meta-themes reshaping the field in the last few years. None of these topics should surprise long-term ICTworks readers: responsible AI deployment and governance; digital public infrastructure as foundational systems; critical po
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2025 State of Humanitarian and Development Cybersecurity Report: Continued progress, but more is needed to keep pace with rapidly evolving threats
NetHope (2025), 37 pp.
"This report reveals a notable rise in perceived cybersecurity risk within the nonprofit sector, with 70% of organizations reporting an increased cyber risk profile in 2025, up from 51% in 2024. Encouragingly, confidence in managing these risks has also improved, with 56% of organizations feeling co
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United Nations Activities on Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Geneva: ITU (2025), xvi, 500 pp.
"If 2023 was the year of generative artificial intelligence, 2024 was marked by the rapid expansion and adoption of AI, driving waves of innovation across nearly every conceivable domain. The United Nations system has kept an encouraging pace, redoubling efforts to harness the power and potential of
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