ICTD Project Newsletter December-2007, ICTs - A Catalyst for Inclusion
The goal of the development process must be to include every last member of our society, particularly those who are at the margins.
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Nigeria's technology watchdog, has finalised work on the country's ICT for development (ICT4D) plan following the final technical meeting by experts working on the document at NITDA's headquarters in Abuja.
Chamber of Commerce and Industries Inc. (DCCCII) President Simeon Marfori II sees the expansion and growth of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector following the signing of a memorandum of understanding between PLDT and the Chamber on the offering of a wide range of ICT services to Small and Medium Scale Enterprises members of DCCII.
The President of India Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil launched the Government’s multi-lingual Portal in New Delhi today that will provide information on strategic needs of the poor and the marginalised in local languages.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide Viet Nam with a $196 million loan to construct a hydroelectric facility that will help ease growing power shortages that threaten the country’s future economic growth.
The head of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) emphasised that the price tag of addressing climate change is not as great as believed.
Noeleen Heyzer Secretary General-United Nations and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)
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