Manuel Acevedo-Ruiz

Manuel Acevedo holds a Master of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering and a Master in Information and Knowledge Society Studies. Currently, he is a Ph. D. candidate in the International and Interdisciplinary Ph. D. Program in the Information and Knowledge Society (Open University of Catalonia) focusing on ICT mainstreaming in cooperation agencies. Mr. Acevedo has been involved in ICT for human development since 1994, when he joined the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Mr. Acevedo served as co-chair of the UN ICT Task Force’s Capacity Building Committee (2002-3), and represented the UN Volunteers programme during the first phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). Living in Madrid now, he is an independent consultant on ICT4D. He is also introducing ICT4D into the curricula of some university programmes on International Development, and helping the Spanish Government to integrate ICT into Spanish international cooperation policies and practicesManuel Acevedo-Ruiz.

Publications

Information Communication Technologies and Human Development: Opportunities and Challenges
Information Communication Technologies and Human Development: Opportunities and Challenges
Mila Gascó-Hernandez, Fran Equiza-Lopez, Manuel Acevedo-Ruiz. © 2007. 348 pages.
Technology has always played a decisive role in humanity's progress, although the positive impacts technology has on human development may become tainted by the risks it...