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 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 countrys 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.
In oder to improve the potential of open source software in the ICT industry, the foundation of open source software (OSS) stated that OSS can be a 'better alternative' to enable the country to become a significant player in the $450-billion global ICT market.
The Government of Zambia is calling the private sector and communities around the country to partner in an effort to increase access to information through ICT. Last week the government has launched a new programme, called Rural Energy Powered ICT Service (REPRISE) at the open house event Zambia Association for Research and Development (ZARD).
The Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting is conducting the third regional meet for Community Radio Awareness (South Zone) in association with the Commonwealth Educational Media Centre for Asia on 1-2 July 2008.
According to a survey released by Connect Ohio, a public-private partnership, more than 90 percent of Ohioan residents have access to high-speed broadband service, but only 55 percent subscribe to it.
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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