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Rural DevelopmentThe Guardian: The digital war on poverty, by Jeffrey SachsSubmitted by admin on Wed, 03/09/2008 - 07:06.
The digital divide is beginning to close. The flow of digital information – through mobile phones, text messaging, and the internet – is now reaching the world's masses, even in the poorest countries, bringing with it a revolution in economics, politics, and society. Extreme poverty is almost synonymous with extreme isolation, especially rural isolation. But mobile phones and wireless internet end isolation, and will therefore prove to be the most transformative technology of economic development of our time. e-Oculus: Mayors from Across Globe Talk Up Sustainable GlobalizationSubmitted by admin on Thu, 15/05/2008 - 04:56.
Topics ranging from planning for smart growth to sustainable urbanization in the information age occupied the Forum on Sustainable Urbanization in the Information Age for two days. It included sessions linking cities from countries including: Brazil, Columbia, Madagascar, Senegal, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Tanzania, Turkey, Tunisia, and USA. At the end, all urged greater concern for Least Developed Countries (LDC), urban dwellers and population growth, and rural/urban linkage. In addition, the problems of limited budgets for basic social needs must be addressed. ( categories: ) China Daily: Project to offer mobile rural development solutionsSubmitted by admin on Wed, 26/03/2008 - 09:10.
Lower-income farmers in remote villages are expected to be able to use their mobile phones soon to gain access to rural financial services. The change in the nature of rural finance will start by making banking services immediately accessible by mobile phone. Farmers and entrepreneurs will also be able to use mobile communications to get up-to-date market information. Affordable, innovative mobile solutions for rural residents are being explored by a project jointly initiated by Ericsson and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), launched in Beijing on Saturday. ( categories: ) NewIndPress: E-governance gaining ground in rural areas in IndiaSubmitted by admin on Wed, 12/03/2008 - 11:04.
Every third village in the State would be equipped with Internet-enabled kiosks within 11 months, as part of the State's e-governance programme, said C Chandramouli, State Information Technology (IT) secretary, here on Thursday. Talking to journalists, he said the government would set up 5,400 Internet-enabled kiosks in the State. Chandramouli was here to inaugurate the inter-collegiate techno-cultural festival ‘Mindcraft ‘08’ at Karunya University. ( categories: ) Installing meshed Internet and VOIP in remote Bolivian townsSubmitted by admin on Fri, 15/02/2008 - 20:33.
LocustWorld and IICD are building a wireless mesh and bringing internet connectivity and voice telephony in remote mountain towns to support the Bolivian agricultural economy. ( categories: ) Internet with a poncho and a sombrero. Indigenous people are adapating to and using ICTs. The main actors in this effort in BoSubmitted by admin on Fri, 15/02/2008 - 20:33.
Native populations are using and adapting to the new ICTs. (In Spanish). » ( categories: ) Knowledge sharing for rural developmentSubmitted by admin on Fri, 15/02/2008 - 20:33.
The creation of mechanisms to generate and share knowledge is now a condition of survival of rural communities. How can new ICTs can foster effective knowledge sharing. ( categories: ) Combating rural poverty. The funcion of ICTs.Submitted by admin on Fri, 15/02/2008 - 20:33.
The process is more important than access alone. The content is more important than the machine. (The study is broader than LAC.) (In Spanish). ( categories: ) ICTs in rural extension: new opportunitiesSubmitted by admin on Fri, 15/02/2008 - 20:33.
Analysis of current rural extension programs. (In Spanish). ( categories: ) The 'Primera Milla' projectSubmitted by admin on Fri, 15/02/2008 - 20:33.
The project aims to determine how ICTs can help small farmers work together in the analysis of problems, and cooperate to establish efficient and equitable relations with the market. (In Spanish). ( categories: ) 
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