Dear Vicky Thanks to Mike Gursten, I have had a quick first look at your evaluation of the World Bank Development Gateway ... and just want to say that your ...
Dear Stuart, Thanks for your mail. I think IDRC (www.idrc.ca) already has some projects on virtual marketplace idea on rural products and services. It also ...
This is from Niranjan Rajani's study at http://www.maailma.kaapeli.fi/FLOSS_for_dev.html --FN ... Lower Cost, Definitely the most overarching factor is the...
This seems to be an interesting development in Bangladesh... http://www.thedailystar.net/2004/12/01/d41201160398.htm Radio communication to help save lives in...
Washington, DC, November 29, 2004 -- The Development Gateway Foundation is seeking nominations for the second Development Gateway Award. The $100,000 award...
JUDGE REJECTS COPYRIGHT CHALLENGE A federal judge has rejected a challenge to several parts of copyright law that plaintiffs in the case said unnecessarily...
Dear Vicky / Peter, I would like to supplement to what has been said by Peter, by adding, Total TRansparency and ACcountability (TRAC) is required in all...
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Shalini Kala
skala@...
Dec 2, 2004 11:04 am
Stuart: you might want to look at what IDRC of Canada has done in Pakistan with Karakoram Area Development agency (KADO) on the virtual market place for the...
shalini the efforts pointed out by you are very good as long as you have a marketing tieup and get decent prices for your produce,even if they are lower. most...
We need a researcher/ writer with deep understanding of ICT for Development issues. A research background in economics, exposure to media and good drafting...
Thanks to anupam ojha <dr_anupm@...> FN ... Three more OpenType devanagari fonts available at http://tdil.mit.gov.in/download/openfonts.htm पर...
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BARRA
barra@...
Dec 3, 2004 4:51 am
Dear friends, I am a bytesforall reader that kept me informed about recent development in the IT sector. I appreciate many of your strong commitment and hard...
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Shalini Kala
skala@...
Dec 3, 2004 5:03 am
Mr goel: what you point out is very true and this is what is remarkable about threadnethumza and toeholdindia. not that this is the only good thing about...
Shalini, Opgoel, Beyond these interesting distribution channel experiments for ecommerce, is anybody aware of a rural Internet project that directly or...
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profitinafrica@...
Dec 3, 2004 8:55 am
Dear Colleagues Internet only does part of the job. It is important but what Internet does is to faciliate information. And, bluntly put, most information on...
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i4d Weekly News
newsletter@...
Dec 3, 2004 8:55 am
i4d Weekly News 3 December, 2004 ... e-GOVERNANCE ... 'London Portal' for the citizens According to London...
great.if the markets are tied up,everything will work out well in the long run. similarly,the indian initiatives must keep the above fact in mind that success...
Dear Bytes For All Friends, Women are very far away from accessing IT and its services. I was in the process of developing a paper on access of IT and women. I...
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Atanu Garai
atanu.garai@...
Dec 3, 2004 1:49 pm
Press Release 3 December, 2004 Sri Lankan ICT agency, OWSA to bridge digital divide http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/98943/1/ Colombo: The ICT...
Hi, I just found this service http://www.21publish.com . These guys seem to offer a community blogging service - something like a discussion forum with blogs....
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C2N
czn@...
Dec 3, 2004 1:56 pm
I agree with OP Goel and Shailini but my experience shows that delivery mechanism has to be sorted out as in most of the cases (spl. in Uttaranchal), as...
Dear Shikha, You might want to take a look at the summaries of articles within The Communication Initiative's Strategic Thinking section - http:// ...
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Subbiah Arunachalam
arun@...
Dec 3, 2004 4:36 pm
Yes, Peter is right. Most people in the ICT-enabled development sector want to use technology, fashionable or not. We at MSSRF advocate people focus. Also we...
Peter and Arun have both brought up great points. I think this gets us into the "appropriate technology" arena as well - an internet marketing site is a great ...
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Subbiah Arunachalam
arun@...
Dec 4, 2004 6:33 am
Great Pallavi; you are on the same wavelength as Prof. Swaminathan on the matter of promoting livelihood opportunities in villages and smalltowns. He would say...
Some one said "Internet is full of information; but starved of knowledge". Information for information sake is not what we want. What we want is information at...
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arun@...
Dec 4, 2004 6:38 am
This article from ScientificAmerican.com has been sent to you by arun@.... ... Stay connected to the latest trends in science and technology with...
I fully agree with you Kris. We don't need information only for information seek (brings about the debate of 'arts is for arts sake') we need information to be...
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Reza Salim
rezasalim02@...
Dec 4, 2004 6:11 pm
Dear Sir, Bangladesh Friendship Education Society (BFES) is a non-government organization working since 1994 for promoting education in rural Bangladesh...
