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This Quick guide is part of infoDev's series of informal Quick guides to resources and work on ICTs and education in international institutions and donor agencies.  Information presented here has been gathered by infoDev from publicly-available documents and should not be considered to be endorsed by the subject organization.

The best source for information on IDB's activities related to ICT use in education can be found on the IDB web site at One-to-One Computing Models for Children in Latin America and the Caribbean.

This web page of the Sustainable Development Department of the IDB seeks to centralize specialized information on skill and knowledge development related to one-to-one and ubiquitous computing models that are relevant to education in Latin America and the Caribbean.

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Publications & documents

• Education, Science and Technology in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Statistical Compendium of Indicators (2006)
• The One Laptop Per Child Initiative: A Framework for Latin America and the IDB (2006, draft)
• Making Technology Work for Education in Latin America and the Caribbean: Notes on Issues, Policies and Innovations (2001)
  A series of informal short notes by various authors, divided into four general categories:
  - Technology and Education Policy and Management
  - Distance Learning
  - Teacher Training and Tools
  - Computers in Schools
• Education in the Information Age (1998)

Also of interest:

• From 8-10 November 2006 IDB hosted the IX Hemispheric Meeting of the Education, which featured topics related to one-to-one computing in education.  Documents from this meeting are available, touching on a wide variety of ICT/Education-related topics.

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Recent press releases and news stories

• 16 March 2007 - IDB, Microsoft and Intel announce Initiative to Drive Innovative Education and One-to-One Learning in Latin America
• 15 November 2006 - IDB and OLPC formalize agreement to foster applications of information and communication technology to education in Latin America and the Caribbean
• 16 June 2006 - Laptops for the Majority

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Projects

A good overview of selected IDB loans that include ICT/education components can be found in the annex to The One Laptop Per Child Initiative: A Framework for Latin America and the IDB.

These projects include:

• Argentina - Education System Improvement Program (AR0176)
• Bahamas - Transforming Education and Training Phase I (BH-L1003)
• Barbados - Education Sector Enhancement Program (BA0009)
• Brazil - Secondary Education Improvement - Paraná (BR0167)
• Costa Rica - Preschool and Lower Secondary Education (CR0044)
• Dominican Republic - Equity Enhancement Basic Education Program (DR0125)
• El Salvador - Educational Infrastructure Program (ES0110) 
• El Salvador - Educational Technology Support Program (ES0108)
• El Salvador - Technology Introduction in the Classroom (TC9802077)
• El Salvador - Education Mediated Technology Program (TC9703126)
• Guyana - Basic Education, Access, & Mgmt Support Phase I (GY0063)
• Honduras - Expanding Technical Capabilities of Communities (HO0203)
• Mexico - Community Education (ME0238)
• Mexico - Multi-Phase Skills-Based Human Resources Development Program (ME0250)
• Nicaragua - Education Program Reform Preparation (NI0090)
• Panama - Education Sector Program (PN0069)
• Peru - Secondary Education Improvement Program (PE0170)
• Trinidad and Tobago - Secondary Education Program (TT0023)
• Uruguay - Secondary School and Teacher Training (UR0132) 
• Regional - Latin-American Network of Education Portals (RG-T1152) 

Also notable is the International Virtual Education Network (IVEN) for the Enhancement of Science and Mathematics Learning, a pilot collaborative cross-country project (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela) in Latin America.  IVEN is a comprehensive program that involves instructional design of teaching/learning activities, production of web-based multimedia curricular materials, staff training, a distribution communication network, learning achievement assessment and program evaluation.

More information about individual IDB project can be found on the IDB web site projects page at http://www.iadb.org/projects.