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    <title><![CDATA[e-Health in Peru: A Country Case Study]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA["The rapid growth rate of mobile telephony could be a great opportunity for the deployment of mobile health applications, not only for health care workers but also for the general public. Under the current disease monitoring system, it can take up to one month (or more) for a notification from a remote area to reach the central level. A disease monitoring system used by the Navy leverages the already existing telephony infrastructure (fixed, mobile, or satellite) to increase the reach of its sys]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Cell Phones May Have Potential in Global Health Arena]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA["The potential use of cell phones as innovative, cheap and efficient tools for public health was a primary theme in a Mobile Health Summit convened by the MHS last December that included the Combatant Command surgeons and experts from multiple federal agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and the WHO. "Over half the world (or about 4 billion people) own a cell phone and only 400 million own a computer, so it's only a matter of time before everyone uses a cell phone for all their computing nee]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Apple's move pushes TV toward Internet delivery]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Apple has announced that it will now sell TV programs from two networks via its iTunes store to the U.S. market; shows will rent at &amp;0.99. It has also announced&nbsp;"an upgraded $99 version of its Apple TV media receiver.""Apple's updated video vision falls in line with that of such competitors as Amazon's video-on-demand store and the free, ad-supported viewing available at the Web sites of the TV networks and Hulu, which is owned by some of them."All those offerings mean free viewers don']]></description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:28:08 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Twitter breaks story on Discovery Channel gunman]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[A gunman entered the headquarters of the Discovery Network on Wednesday, September 1, 2010; he took several hostages, kept them for some time, and was finally killed by police. "As it has with other breaking news events -- the landing of a jet on the Hudson River in 2009, the 2008 massacre in Mumbai -- the story unfolded first in hiccupping fits and starts on Twitter." "Within minutes, there were photos, including an astonishing one of a man clad in shorts, carrying a rifle and stalking through ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Software for justice]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[To collaborate in the fight against human rights violations such as covert arrests, torture, and death squad killings, governments and activists need accurate, timely information about these crimes. Thanks to support from IDRC, they can turn to HuriSearch.HuriSearch is the first and only comprehensive Web search engine specializing in human rights. Operating in 77 languages, it lets users tap into millions of web pages published by some 5,000 human rights groups. It is just one resource in a set]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:32:32 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[ICT Update numéro 56, août 2010 : Irrigation]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[D’après la FAO, l’irrigation peut quadrupler les rendements. L’installation d’un système d’arrosage fiable toute l’année permet aux paysans de récolter durant la saison sèche et de cultiver des variétés à forte valeur pour accroître leurs bénéfices et amortir leurs investissements. Vu le faible pourcentage d’exploitations irriguées dans les pays ACP, les TIC occupent une place essentielle dans la promotion, le développement et l’entretien des nouveaux systèmes d’irrigation.DANS CE NUMÉRO« Le plu]]></description>
    <!--author>by <a href="http://zunia.org/directory/profile/?profuserid=275562&amp;cHash=9c4e76dc57" target="_self" class="member_bubble" userid="275562">Jim Dempsey</a></author-->
    <pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 06:06:31 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[ICT Update magazine, new issue: Irrigation]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[ICT Update issue 56, August 2010: IrrigationFigures from the FAO show that irrigation can increase crop yields by up to 400%. Developing a reliable system to water the land all year round gives farmers the chance to plant crops in the dry season, and grow high-value crops to increase profits and recoup investment costs. But with only a small percentage of available farmland being irrigated in ACP countries, ICTs are now becoming crucial to the promotion, development and maintenance of new irriga]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:59:13 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Mundus Maris]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[The Mundus maris association promotes sciences and arts for sustainability - inter-cultural exchange and international solidarity around the seas and the people of the sea.]]></description>
    <!--author>by <a href="http://zunia.org/directory/profile/?profuserid=3286&amp;cHash=93f7d4ba26" target="_self" class="member_bubble" userid="3286">Giacomo Rambaldi</a></author-->
    <pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 04:14:20 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Strategies for a Cybered World]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[This paper examines the strategic assumptions of cyberspace and the nature of the cyber threat. Dr. Demchak identifies a set of “cyber communities” and recommends a way ahead to reach consensus on organizing the U.S. government’s response to cyber challenges.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:21:51 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Report on EU Latin-America cooperation - Relevant aspects on the establishement of Latin-America Technology Platforms]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[This report is a preliminary analysis on the potential of different Latin American countries to set up cooperation mechanisms (Latin American Technology Platforms) on Future Internet, ICT Components and systems on the basis of the experience gained in Europe through the European Technology Platforms.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 02:55:14 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Towards a Future Internet Interrelation between Technological, Social and Economic Trends]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[The internet has become the basis for global trade and culture, fundamental to the global economy, and this over a very short space of time. It has also gone mobile, available in more places and on more devices than ever before. In consequence, a quarter of the world’s population, use the internet either at work or in their social lives. This dependence on the internet as a daily tool has tremendous social and economic impact. If we look at technology that has driven socio-economic change – from]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[How do good health technologies get to poor people in poor countries?]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[This book explores the challenges and approaches to improving access to health technologies for poor people in poor countries. The goals are to develop and illustrate a way to think systematically about the barriers to access and to identify strategies that can help improve access.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 01:35:39 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Help develop a national Spatial Data Infrastructure for Uganda]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[infoDev, a donor-funded agency of the World Bank, Geo-Information Communication (GIC) and ESRI Canada are convening a stakeholder discussion in September 2010 to help develop a national spatial data infrastructure (SDI) for Uganda.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 01:26:56 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[The 2010 Internet Governance Forum Annual Meeting]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[The fifth annual IGF Meeting will be held in Vilnius, Lithuania, on 14-17 September 2010.The overall theme is: 'IGF 2010 – developing the future together'The agenda for the meeting is contained in an open invitation addressed to all stakeholders on 25 March 2010. The schedule for the Vilnius meeting is available at the IGF website.  The latest version of the program paper for the Vilnius meeting is available also available there. Online registration for the Vilnius meeting has started and will c]]></description>
    <!--author>by <a href="http://zunia.org/directory/profile/?profuserid=1400&amp;cHash=1612db3456" target="_self" class="member_bubble" userid="1400">John Daly</a></author-->
    <pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 11:09:51 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Giga-Net 2010 Annual Symposium]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[The Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet) is a scholarly community which aims: (i) to promote the development of Internet Governance as a recognized interdisciplinary field of study and (ii) to facilitate the informed dialogue on policy and issues in a multistakeholder approach.In order to fulfills its goals, since 2006, it has been organizing a collective research event, the GigaNet Annual Symposium at the Internet Governance Forum meetings, which is an opportunity to showcase s]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 10:57:48 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[OFFSHORING OF NPD IN THE ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY: PATTERNS AND RECESSION EFFECTS]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA["There has been rapid growth in offshoring of R&amp;D and especially of new product development (NPD) in the electronics industry. It has been driven mainly by cost and access to skilled labor but also with the need to reduce time to market as well as to strengthen competitive advantage in the marketplace......"We had conducted an earlier survey of NPD offshoring by U.S.-based electronic companies in 2008 (Dedrick, et al., 2009). The topic was NPD offshoring in the electronics industry, includin]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:51:38 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[OFFSHORING OF SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT: PATTERNS AND RECESSION EFFECTS]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA["We had conducted an earlier survey of offshoring by U.S.-based software companies in 2008 (Dedrick, et al., 2009). The topic was offshore software development, including drivers and obstacles, location, performance, and management practices. We repeated the survey in 2010 to determine changes in these features and particularly, the impact of the 2008 recession on offshoring of software development. This report summarizes the main findings from the 2010 survey."A telephone survey was conducted b]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[4th Annual TIDES Demo]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[The TIDES Research Project will be holding its 4th Annual Demonstration on Oct 5 - 8th in Washington DC.&nbsp; Please join us for this interactive, outdoors event which focuses on the equipment, technology, policies and procedures for humanitarian assistance/disaster relief, reconstruction, and development activities.&nbsp; Everything is off-the-grid, and many organizations, including NGOs, private companies, government and military groups will be participating, sharing, and collaborating.
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    <pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:38:29 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA["Social networks can warn of disease after disasters"]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[A professional discipline called 'operational biosurveillance' has emerged over the past 12 years to address this need for rapid identification of communicable diseases entering populations, especially in post-disaster situations. The discipline harnesses the power of the Internet and social networking to monitor social indicators of infectious disease crises and issue early warnings. Praecipio International, has been at the forefront of operational biosurveillance across the globe — from report]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:46:32 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Iran Clamps Down on Reporting on Protest Leaders]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA["In a further clampdown on Iran’s cowed political opposition, the authorities have issued a ban on any news relating to the leaders of the protest movement that arose after the disputed re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad last year, opposition Web sites reported."A leaked copy of a letter that has appeared on opposition Web sites orders the editors of all domestic newspapers and news agencies to refrain from publishing the names, photographs and statements of two defeated presidential c]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:17:53 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report  2010: Focuses on Monitoring the WSIS Targets]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[The Report reviews the 10 targets, proposes concrete indicators to monitor them and makes recommendations on policies and measures to help achieve them:To connect villages with ICTs and establish community access pointsTo connect universities, colleges, secondary schools, and primary schools with ICTsTo connect scientific and research centers with ICTsTo connect public libraries, cultural centers, museums, post offices, and archives with ICTsTo connect health centers and hospitals with ICTsTo co]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 03:54:18 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Hard news: Journalists' lives in danger in Somalia]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Since February 2007, at least 20 journalists have been killed in Somalia. Faced with the threat of human rights abuses including violations of their rights to life, security of person and freedom from arbitrary detention, many have been forced into exile. Journalists have been systematically prevented from carrying out their work and providing information to the public by parties to the conflict. Attacks on journalists and media outlets violate the right of all Somalis to seek, receive and impar]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 07:06:14 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Request for Expressions of Interest: Mobile Social Networking]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[In addition to the competition to select hosts for mobile applications labs under the Creating Sustainable Businesses program, infoDev is seeking expressions of interest (EOI) for Mobile Social Networking Activities in Africa, Asia, and Eastern Europe and Central Asia.infoDev, a donor-funded ICT for development agency hosted by the World Bank, has formed a public/private partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Finland and Nokia to undertake a joint program on Creati]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 02:23:43 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[ICT in Non Formal Education]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[This publication investigates and analyzes examples of how governments and individuals leverage ICTs when planning for and providing Non Formal Education (NFE). This style of learning offers previously excluded adults and children the opportunity to reach educational goals outside of a traditional classroom setting. This essay examines current practices as a way to realize the ambition of truly living in a "knowledge society."]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 02:15:06 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[AgKnowledge Africa Share Fair]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Join us in Addis Ababa from October 18-21, 2010 to showcase the ways agricultural and rural knowledge in and of Africa is created, shared, communicated, and put to use.Like the 2009 edition in Rome, this event will be a ‘fair’ that brings together the diverse knowledge of the continent and the multiple innovative ways it is created, shared, communicated, and applied. We will be sharing the experiences of a wide range of people and organizations: Farmer organizations, extensionists, researchers, ]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 14:08:35 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Microfinance, The Internet and Political Development in the Developing World]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[This document investigates the political ramifications of microfinance. It analyzes emerging trends in microfinance: (1) the emergence of the Internet as a new funding and global networking paradigm; (2) a shift towards for-profit microfinance institutions; (3) the rise of individualized, rather than group microfinance lending. The author argues that microfinance institutions influence social capital, political empowerment and thus democratization. This research contributes a new way of conceptu]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 02:01:00 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[A guide to presenting statistics]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA["The second guide provides guidelines and examples on preparing effective tables, charts and maps, and using other forms of visualizations to make data meaningful. It also offers advice on how to avoid bad or misleading visual presentations."]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 05:44:08 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[A guide to writing stories about numbers]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA["The Making Data Meaningful guides are intended as a practical tool to help managers, statisticians and media relations officers in statistical organizations use text, tables, charts, maps and other devices to bring statistics to life for non-statisticians."]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 05:42:29 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[The Digital Economy and the Green Economy: Opportunities for strategic synergies - A submission to the Digital Economy Consultation]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[In this submission, IISD proposes that Canada's digital economy strategy should be framed in the context of current economic, social and environmental issues. The recent global financial and economic crises challenge all nations to respond with national and international policies that reflect opportunities for strategic synergies between digital economy and green economic strategies.]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[This is the summary of the results of broadband usage in the United States carried out under the auspices of the Pew Internet and American Life Project. The results may be of use to those who seek benchmarks against which developing country broadband penetration might be measured.After several years of double digit growth, broadband adoption slowed dramatically in 2010. African-Americans experienced broadband adoption growth in 2010 well above the national average]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[e-Agriculture and the MDGs: WSIS Interview with Michael Riggs]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[The WSIS stocktaking process, coordinated by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), aims to provide a register of activities carried out by governments, international organizations, the business sector, civil society and other entities, in order to highlight the progress made since that landmark event. The projects referenced relate to the eleven WSIS Action Lines of the Geneva Plan of Action.FAO serves as the lead for the Action Line c7: ICT applications: e-agriculture, and has launc]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[Mobile Government: 2010 and Beyond looks to understand the mobile phone as a value-adding device in government services. The report uses theories such as the priority matrix, and the long tail of social mobile to develop a framework for understanding mobile technology and its engagement for m-government applications.The report explains the purposes of m-government, classifies m-government services, provides a list of existing m-government services, analysis their potential in the public sector, ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Microfinance and Mobile Banking: The Story So Far]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[This Focus Note aims to do two things: (i) explore the various roles that MFIs can play in m-banking and (ii) explore the potential benefits MFIs and their customers expect to gain from pursuing m-banking.In the past decade or so, many microfinance institutions (MFIs) have experimented with alternative delivery channels to reduce costs, facilitate greater outreach to hard-to-reach areas, and increase customer convenience. In theory, mobile phones could be used to reach many more customers at a l]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[IT Training and Certification for Empowerment Nigeria 2010 Update Programs]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Information Technology (IT) Empowerment programs have been announced by Jidaw Systems, the socially driven ICT firm that focuses on human capital development. In line with Jidaw’s mission to empower through knowledge, technology and quality values, the empowerment programs are designed to cover technical ICT skills, Information Technology Entrepreneurship and IT Career development. 
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    <title><![CDATA[China to Build State-Run Search Engine]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[In an apparent bid to extend its control over the Internet and cash in on the rapid growth of mobile devices, China  plans to create its own government-controlled search engine.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[KIPATO KWA NJIA YA MTANDAO - MAKING MONEY ONLINE]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Kujipatia kipato kwa njia ya mtandao iliwahi kuwa kazi kubwa na ngumu hapo nyuma kwa sababu ulitakiwa vitu vingi kidogo kama tovuti ambayo ulitakiwa kusajili na kutengeneza vyote hivyo ni gharama na muda na vitu vya kuuza na aina Fulani ya mtandao wa kibiashara ili tovuti yako au kitu chako kwenye mtandao kiweze kujulikana na wengine .Hii ilikuwa ni miaka kama 10 iliyopita kipindi hicho blogu hazikuwa nyingi  , mitandao mengine haswa jamii ndio ilikuwa inaanzishwa na vitu vingi kwenye mtandao vi]]></description>
    <!--author>by <a href="http://zunia.org/directory/profile/?profuserid=501266&amp;cHash=6e202a4715" target="_self" class="member_bubble" userid="501266">Yona Maro</a></author-->
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    <title><![CDATA[UN ICT Hub Partners with Regional Development Agencies to Produce Public Service ICT Resource Tools]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Incheon, Republic of Korea – Capacity building and information and communication technology (ICT) experts from six Asia-Pacific countries conclude workshop on resource tools designed to enhance public services through the use of ICT.The Asian and Pacific Training Centre for Information and Communication Technology for Development (UN-APCICT/ESCAP), a regional institute of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, today concluded a Training of Trainers Workshop on Improving Pub]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Application of ICTs in Nigerian Secondary Schools]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Information and communication technologies (ICT) are electronic technologies used for information storage and retrieval. This paper focuses on ICT application in Nigerian secondary schools. It particularly dwells on the importance of ICT and the causes of low levels of ICT application in Nigerian secondary schools. Recommendations for improvement are offered.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 01:34:31 -0400</pubDate>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 01:27:36 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Innovative Farmer Advisory Systems Using ICT]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[This paper looks at the remarkable progress witnessed over the past 10 years in the use of ICT in African agriculture, especially in the area of farmers’ access to market information. The paper examines the various projects have been developed to integrate ICTs into the dissemination of agricultural information to farmers. It is argued that Farmers Information Services at both the national and regional level are promising new fields of research and applications in the emerging field of e-agricul]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[The Innovative Use of Mobile Applications in East Africa]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA["This report gives an overview of the current state of mobile phone use and services in East Africa. It outlines major trends and main obstacles for increased use as well as key opportunities and potential for scaling-up mobile applications. The report draws on secondary data and statistics as well as field work carried out in Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Kenya during 2008 and 2009."]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Linking ICTs and climate change adaptation: a conceptual framework for e-resilience and e-adaptation]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[This document asserts that resilience increasingly entails finding innovative solutions, with the help of tools such as Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), that enable vulnerable contexts to learn, adapt and possible transform in face of the uncertainties posed by the changing climate. It further asserts that given the impacts of extended periods of drought, heat waves, extreme storms or slow-changing climate trends continue to intensify, so will the need for developing countries ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Ideas for development: The web and its potential role in project innovation]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Linus Pauling, scientist and two-time Nobel Prize winner, once said: “To have a good idea you must first have lots of ideas.” How often do you brainstorm about a solution? When do you really tap on the wide expertise of people and the creative minds of a crowd? Normally it takes a workshop to brainstorm on ideas in a wider circle. The participatory web offers here some new ways to generate ideas and solutions to address development challenges. In a previous post we looked at interesting open col]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Gestion intégrée pour une agriculture durable : réduisons l’écart de connaissances]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Le Centre technique de Coopération Agricole et Rurale ACP/UE (CTA) organise  le séminaire annuel CTA 2010 sur le thème « Gestion intégrée pour une agriculture durable : réduisons l’écart de connaissances ». Ce séminaire international se tiendra à Pretoria, Afrique du Sud du 22 au 26 Novembre 2010. Pour plus d’information, consultez le lien vers le site du séminaire : http://annualseminar2010.cta.int. Il est maintenant possible de s’inscrire en ligne et l’appel à proposition est disponible sur le]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[AINA YA UHALIFU MTANDAO - TYPES OF CYBERCRIMES]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[YONA F MARONAIROBI , Kenya – August 2010AINA ZA UHALIFU MTANDAOwww.ictpub.blogspot.comUtumiaji wa Komputa zilizounganishwa kwenye mtandao unaendelea kukua kila siku sehemu nyingi duniani kasi hii ya maendeleo pia umeleta ukuaji wa kasi wa Uhalifu Mtandao katika maeneo mengi duniani .UHALIFU MTANDAO NI NINIUhalifu mtandao ni uhalifu wowote unaofanyika kwa kuhusisha Kompyuta na Mtandao Pia watu kadhaa wamewahi au kujaribu kufanya uhalifu wa kawaida kwa njia ya mtandao mfano mtu anapoibiwa taarifa ]]></description>
    <!--author>by <a href="http://zunia.org/directory/profile/?profuserid=501266&amp;cHash=6e202a4715" target="_self" class="member_bubble" userid="501266">Yona Maro</a></author-->
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    <title><![CDATA[Namibian  Telecommunication Sector Performance Review 2009/2010]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Since the last ICT sector performance review of 2006, much has happened in Namibia for the better. The country now has three mobile operators, a single ministry  in charge of policy for the sector, new policies, a new Act, and it should soon have a new strong and more independent regulator. Many challenges remain however. Telecom Namibia will need to change course and focus on profitability or face the risk of becoming another indebted state-owned enterprise (SOE) with dwindling significance for]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 06:07:48 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Gender Assessment of ICT Access and Usage in Africa]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[This analysis explores the inequities of access and usage by viewing them through a gender lens.Of the limited demand-side data on Africa that exists, very little is disaggregated on gender lines. This study provides a descriptive statistical overview of access to ICTs by women and men and their usage of them. This is supported by focus groups that were undertaken in five of the 17 countries surveyed in East, Central, South and West Africa.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 04 Aug 2010 06:03:16 -0400</pubDate>
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    <description><![CDATA[The 2nd International Conference on Intelligence and Information Technology (ICIIT 2010) will be held in Lahore, Pakistan during October 28-30, 2010. The objective of ICIIT 2010 is to provide a platform for researchers, engineers, academicians as well as industrial professionals from all over the world to present their research results and development activities in Intelligence and Information Technology.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Mongolia Looks to Become Asian IT Leader]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[A Mongolian information technology company founded by a woman has shown a way to thrive in the country’s often-chaotic economic environment.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[e-Learning Course on Social Media Tools September 2010]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[In the framework of their collaboration aiming to jointly develop a series of learning programmes in the field of knowledge management, UNITAR and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) are developing the course Innovative Collaboration for Development, an e-learning course on social media tools.The course focuses on capacitating development professionals to adequately use the potential of social media tools to enhance the efficiency of their work, increase the outreach of their organizatio]]></description>
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