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EntrepreneurshipGKP SOUTH ASIA 2008: Powering South Asia with Entrepreneurship and Education18/06/2008 - 09:00 19/06/2008 - 13:00 This multi-stakeholder partnership initiative by GKP South Asian members will engage all regional members and other regional ICT4D players in knowledge sharing and partnership building on the role of ICT in promoting access to and supporting the provision of quality education, and also driving entrepreneurship through entrepreneurial learning and entrepreneurial radio. Location(s)Hotel Yak & Yeti Durbarmarg, KathmanduNepal ( categories: ) Issues in Science and Technology: How to Use Technology To Spur DevelopmentSubmitted by admin on Thu, 20/03/2008 - 03:48.
After decades of global antipoverty efforts in which nonprofit organizations operated on a separate track from the business sector, disappointment with the results is leading a diverse group of institutions to test a new approach. In recent years, groups as diverse as the United Nations (UN), the World Bank, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), nongovernmental organizations, national governments, and corporate giants such as Microsoft and Visa have backed the idea that philanthropy and profitability are not opposing forces. » ( categories: ) What works:: PRODEM FFP'S multilingual smart ATMs for microfinance (Bolivia)Submitted by admin on Fri, 15/02/2008 - 20:33.
PRODEM FFP targets low-income communities and the entrepreneurs and micro- to medium-size enterprises that constitute Bolivia’s informal economy, offering a wide range of savings, credit, and money transfer services. » ( categories: ) ICT Diffusion to Business: Peer Review Country Report: Mexico (OECD study)Submitted by admin on Fri, 15/02/2008 - 20:33.
Programmes such as e-Mexico which combine infrastructure development with citizen services are very popular and are a further step in the right direction. Other programmes, including skills development and support for indigenous firms (PROSOFT, Fondo PyME), should be strengthened and further focused to improve efficiency and extend reach to businesses. ( categories: ) GDLN - Development of Micro, Small, Medium Enterprises in LACSubmitted by admin on Fri, 15/02/2008 - 20:33.
Global Development Network's section on SMEs. E-Business for Micro and Small Business Competitivenes is one of the initiatives. ( categories: ) Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for development of small and medium-sized exporters in Latin America: El SalvadorSubmitted by admin on Fri, 15/02/2008 - 20:33.
Case study on ICT and international trade for SMEs. El Salvador. » ( categories: ) Information and knowledge: the diffusion of information and communication technologies in the Argentine manufacturing sectorSubmitted by admin on Fri, 15/02/2008 - 20:33.
Survey of 246 Argentine manufacturers and how they use ITC's. » ( categories: ) LAC Regional IncubationSubmitted by admin on Fri, 15/02/2008 - 20:33.
Information about business incubation projects in LAC. From InfoDev. ( categories: ) RED-LAC: Latin American Network of Technlogy parks Associations and Business Incubators (RELAPI)Submitted by admin on Fri, 15/02/2008 - 20:33.
A RELAPI project, RedLAC supports the creation of an open, participatory and voluntary network of business incubators, technology parks and centers and entrepreneurial entities in LAC. (In Spanish). » ( categories: ) Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for development of small and medium-sized exporters in Latin America: PeruSubmitted by admin on Fri, 15/02/2008 - 20:33.
Case study on ICT and international trade for SMEs. Peru. » ( categories: ) 
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