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    <title><![CDATA[The Future of Gamification]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[While some people dismiss gamification as a fad, neuroscientists are discovering more and more about the ways in which humans react to such interactive design elements. They say such elements can cause feel-good chemical reactions, alter human responses to stimuli - increasing reaction times, for instance - and in certain situations can improve learning, participation, and motivation. Technology consultancy Gartner has projected 50% of corporate innovation will be “gamified” by 2015. Another con]]></description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 01:57:32 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Rethinking Personal Data: Strengthening Trust]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/rethinking-personal-data-strengthening-trust/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Rethinking Personal Data: Strengthening Trust examines how the appropriate use of personal data can create enormous value for governments, organizations and individuals. Produced in collaboration with The Boston Consulting Group, the report provides a multistakeholder perspective on how the potential value of personal data can be unlocked.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 03:33:28 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[How ICT Tools Are Promoting Citizen Participation In Uganda]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/how-ict-tools-are-promoting-citizen-participation-in-uganda/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[The report seeks to provide a review of the different ICT tools being used to promote transparency, accountability, and citizen participation in Uganda. It examines the utility and shortcomings of the tools in use, the challenges they face, and the factors contributing to their success. Finally, it offers suggestions for improving the utility, reach, and, hopefully, the success of initiatives that utilise ICT to improve citizen participation]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 02:22:05 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[50 years of Information Technology]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[This brief roundup by Online IT Degree presents a timeline of information technology’s development and influence from the 1950s. It demands that the reader keep an open mind about what defines “information technology,” which today includes everything from video games to smartphones to the Internet.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 01:53:53 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[United Nations E-Government Survey 2012: E-Government for the People]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[The United Nations E-Government Survey 2012 finds that many have put in place e-government initiatives and information and communication technologies applications for the people to further enhance public sector efficiencies and streamline governance systems to support sustainable development. Among the e-government leaders, innovative technology solutions have gained special recognition as the means to revitalize lagging economic and social sectors.The overall conclusion that emerges from the 20]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 07:01:38 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[The Next Evolution of Wi-Fi]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[802.11ac is the next evolution of the Wi-Fi standard that promises to deliver multiple HD video streams simultaneously. It can reach maximum throughputs well above a Gigabit per second. The 802.11ac specification mandates operation in the 5 GHz band, where there is relatively less interference and more channels are available compared to the 2.4 GHz band. 802.11ac achieves higher performance than 802.11n by using more spatial streams, wider bandwidth, higher order modulation, and improved bandwid]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 06:05:08 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[ITU Symposium on ICTs, the Environment and Climate Change]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Montreal, Canada, 29 - 31 May 2012ITU is organizing the Seventh ITU Symposium on ICTs, the Environment and Climate Change on 29-31 May 2012 in Montreal, Canada. The event will be co-organized with the government of Canada and will be hosted by Prompt. This is the seventh symposium on climate change following successful events held between 2008 and 2011 in Kyoto, London, Quito, Seoul, Cairo and Accra. The main purpose of the event is to move the agenda forward on using ICTs to monitor climate cha]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 05:46:30 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[The mathematics of history]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[What can mathematics say about history? According to TED Fellow Jean-Baptiste Michel, quite a lot. From changes to language to the deadliness of wars, he shows how digitized history is just starting to reveal deep underlying patterns.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 05:41:01 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Accelerating development using the web: Empowering poor and marginalized populations]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/accelerating-development-using-the-web-empowering-poor-and-marginalized-populations/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[The rapid evolution of the Web from its static beginning to the rich interactive interoperable media platform that it is today indicates that it is likely to be the principal platform for new development for the foreseeable future. It therefore deserves significant attention for its potential in making further significant contributions to assisting poor and underserved individuals and communities throughout the world. As evidenced by the rapid rise of China and India in the high-tech industry, w]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 03:34:33 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Strategies for the promotion of broadband services and infrastructure: a case study on Romania]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/strategies-for-the-promotion-of-broadband-services-and-infrastructure-a-case-study-on-romania/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Provides examples of how adopting pro-ICT policies, establishing effective regulatory frameworks and developing strategic private and public partnerships can play a key role in boosting access, affordability and demand. Romania ranks among the fastest Internet countries in the world for real broadband speeds, and services can cost as little as 5% of average monthly income with some discrepancies between urban and rural areas.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 06:32:21 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[The economic impact of broadband in the Philippines]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Describes the impact of broadband on the economy and job creation in the Philippines, with an evaluation of the development of e-applications in the areas of education, public health, media and government services. For the period 2000-2010, mobile broadband adoption was found to contribute an annual 0.32% of GDP. This represents 6.9% of all GDP growth for the economy during the past decade.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 06:25:48 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Digital gender divide or technologically empowered women in developing countries?]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/digital-gender-divide-or-technologically-empowered-women-in-developing-countries/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[The discussion about women’s access to and use of digital Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in developing countries has been inconclusive so far. Some claim that women are rather technophobic and that men are much better users of digital tools, while others argue that women enthusiastically embrace digital communication. This article puts this question to an empirical test.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 04:27:39 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Can ICT belong in Africa, or is ICT owned by the North Atlantic region?]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[ICT, as a technological innovation and a major factor in globalization, poses particular problems of ownership and identity with regard to the African continent. What is the place of ICT (Information and Communication Technology) in Africa, and what is the place of Africa in a world increasingly dominated by ICT? This chapter seeks to explode the apparent contradiction between Africa and ICT. In the first part the author confronts African thinkers like Mazrui and Gyekye who have argued the incom]]></description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 04:21:30 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Commission on Science and Technology for Development, fifteenth session]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Palais des Nations, GenevaThe Commission will review progress made in the implementation of and follow-up to the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) outcomes at the regional and international levels, including on improvements to the Internet Governance Forum (IGF). The Commission will address the following priority themes:Innovation, research, technology transfer for mutual advantage,entrepreneurship and collaborative development in the information society.Open access, virtual science]]></description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 17:32:23 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[How users understand cellular infrastructure]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[This study investigates how users throughout the world understand and make use of their cellular networks. The researchers conducted semi-structured interviews of 17 different people, both rural and urban, across three different countries; the United States, India, and Uganda.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 04:40:57 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Understanding negotiation in airtime sharing in low-income microenterprises]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/understanding-negotiation-in-airtime-sharing-in-low-income-microenterprises/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Shared access to airtime is a prominent mode of connectivity access in the developing world. We seek to understand airtime sharing among low-income microenterprises in India (small, low-capital businesses, such as flower sellers and milkmen), that constitute 90% of the total enterprises in India. We introduce social negotiation as the foundation of airtime sharing. We highlight negotiation mechanisms in the microenterprise, showing how shared resources are used towards personal interests amidst ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 04:19:31 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[15 Years of the Information Technology Agreement]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/15-years-of-the-information-technology-agreement/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[To mark the 15th anniversary of the Information Technology Agreement (ITA), this publication charts the history of the Agreement and the effect it has had on the global trade in information technology (IT) products. As well as examining the products covered by the ITA, the publication looks at how the Agreement is implemented, and the impact it has had on trade opening and innovation. The publication also analyses how the development of global production networks has affected IT trade. It conclu]]></description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 04:17:25 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Using Credit to Grow Savings: Results from a Mobile Pilot in Kenya]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/using-credit-to-grow-savings-results-from-a-mobile-pilot-in-kenya/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Can financial services be sold with minimum human contact? This report reviews Jipange KuSave (JKS), an innovative savings product delivered through the mobile channel in Kenya. The Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP) and the Financial Sector Deepening Trust Kenya (FSD Kenya) provided a total of USD 540,000 to Mobile Ventures Kenya Limited (MVK) in November 2009 to enable MVK to pilot JKS. The report evaluates the hypothesis that financial services could be sold with little or no human ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 04:13:09 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[South Korea introduces fingerprint technology to prevent corruption]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/south-korea-introduces-fingerprint-technology-to-prevent-corruption/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[PPS launched Korea On-line E-Procurement System (KONEPS) in September 2002. KONEPS became a world-class e-procurement system used by 44,000 public organisations and 220,000 suppliers. However, due to the nature of bidding conducted on-line, there were cases reported that bid brokers borrowed the registrants’ certificate and participated in the bid illegally to gain profit when the contract was awarded. Such illegal practices continuously occurred and raised concerns about the reliability of e-bi]]></description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 03:29:59 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Nigeria Computer Society NCS mourns Unilag VC, Sofoluwe]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/nigeria-computer-society-ncs-mourns-unilag-vc-sofoluwe/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[The Nigeria Computer Society (NCS) mourns the loss of Professor Adetokunbo Babatunde Sofoluwe, Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos which sadly occurred on 12 May, 2012. He was a professor of Computer Science and Fellow of NCS. Always humble, despite his achievements and position, he will be sorely missed. May God comfort his family. May his gentle soul rest in peace. Full message on: Nigeria Computer Society mourns Unilag VC, Professor Adetokunbo Sofoluwe]]></description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 13:59:14 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Mobile Value Added Services: A Business Growth Opportunity for Women Entrepreneurs]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/mobile-value-added-services-a-business-growth-opportunity-for-women-entrepreneurs/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Analysis across three markets – Egypt, Nigeria and Indonesia – established that there are a number of mobile Value Added Service (VAS) solutions which, if tailored and scaled commercially, could address the priority needs of women entrepreneurs. This project consists of three phases: research, from which this report is the key outcome; assessment of the implementation and scale of mobile VAS solutions for women entrepreneurs in three specific markets; and a final impact assessment, which allows ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 05:46:44 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[How teens use online video:  Shooting, sharing, streaming, chatting]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/how-teens-use-online-video-shooting-sharing-streaming-chatting/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[In a survey of 799 teens conducted by the Pew Research Center’s Internet &amp; American Life Project between April 19 and July 14, 2011, the teens were asked about a number of online behaviors. The results for video-oriented activities are reported here. Among the findings:•	37% of internet users ages 12-17 participate in video chats with others using applications such as Skype, Googletalk or iChat. Girls are more likely than boys to have such chats.•	27% of internet-using teens 12-17 record and]]></description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 05:12:35 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Why Cyber Cafes Can Thrive in a Mobile Internet World]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/why-cyber-cafes-can-thrive-in-a-mobile-internet-world/</link>
    <description><![CDATA["With the advent of cheap mobile phones and mobile data plans, there is the belief that mobile phones are pushing cyber cafes out of business. Well according to a Global Impact Study with surveys of public access ICT users in five countries, found that Internet café users do indeed have access to computers and the Internet at their homes, and yet they still visit public cyber cafes."Wayan Vota, ICT Works]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 21:20:44 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[West African Business Incubator Training and Conference]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/west-african-business-incubator-training-and-conference/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[African Incubator Network (AIN) in collaboration with infoDev, Association of Telecommunication Companies of Nigeria (ATCON) and the National Board for Technology Incubation (NBTI) will be holding a Business Incubation Training Workshop and Conference for West African Business Managers from 4 to 6 June in Lagos, Nigeria. details on: West African Business Incubator Training and Conference]]></description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 15:36:59 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Pure Practical Computer Repairs and Maintenance Training Nigeria]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/pure-practical-computer-repairs-and-maintenance-training-nigeria/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Are you a newcomer, just starting out in IT, looking for an effective way to begin your IT career? Or maybe you’re already in industry but you need solid grounding in the fundamentals?&nbsp;Pure Practical Computer Repairs and Maintenance training is a practical, intensive and participative IT training program developed to equip participants with fundamental technical support knowledge and skills. Gain a solid foundation and seize IT career and entrepreneurship opportunitiesDetails on: Practical ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 15:24:44 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Ukrainian IT market on track for double-digit expansion this year]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/ukrainian-it-market-on-track-for-double-digit-expansion-this-year/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[The market for IT products and services in Ukraine has experienced robust recovery in the past few years, and forecasts expect the expansion to continue. The computer software, hardware and IT distribution segments have increased along with the country’s overall macroeconomic growth and according to demand from export clients throughout Western Europe and in the United States.Comprehensive market, trend and investments analysis, the latest corporate profiles and solid forecasts for Ukrainian IT ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 05:16:48 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Bangladesh Consultation on  7th IGF, WSIS+10 & Broadband Targets for 2015 of Broadband Commission]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/bangladesh-consultation-on-7th-igf-wsis-10-broadband-targets-for-2015-of-broadband-commission/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Bangladesh Consultation on 7th IGF, WSIS+10 &amp; Broadband Targets for 2015 of Broadband Commission A Multi-Stakeholders 'Consultation on 7th Internet Governance Forum(IGF) , World Summit on the Information Society Forum  2012 (WSIS+10) &amp; Broadband Commission for Digital Development’s  broad Band action plan   was organized at Conference Room of Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) on 7th May 2012 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.The consultation was jointly organized by Bangladesh]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 23:55:48 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Policy Guide on ICTs and Climate Change]]></title>
    <link>http://zunia.org/post/policy-guide-on-icts-and-climate-change/</link>
    <description><![CDATA[Written for policy makers and policy advisers in developing countries, this online report provides guidance on how to incorporate ICTs into climate change policy, and how to incorporate climate change into ICT policy.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 07:25:09 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Information is food: JP Rangaswami]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[How do we consume data? At TED@SXSWi, technologist JP Rangaswami muses on our relationship to information, and offers a surprising and sharp insight: we treat it like food.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 05:07:54 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Silencing dissent: Restrictions on freedom of opinion and expression persist in Sudan]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[The Sudanese authorities are using new forms of censorship in an effort to silence freedom of expression in Sudan. Since early 2011 the government has controlled the media by confiscating newspapers after they have been printed. Vendors have been prevented from distributing copies and financial losses have caused some newspapers to close down. In a clear crackdown by the authorities on all forms of dissent, many activists have also been harassed for participating in peaceful demonstrations and s]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 02:51:02 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Contribution of ICT in Increasing Agro-based Entreprenuers Productivity in Malaysia]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[ICT usage has become more relevant in the modern days and agriculture is one of the sectors that benefited from it. ICT without doubt is one of the main instruments in doubling agriculture productivity and agriculture community must be encouraged to utilize it wisely. This paper tends to know the perception of Malaysia agro-based entreprenuers towards the contribution of ICT to their agro-business productivity. Moreover this paper try to discover the factors that affecting this perception. The r]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 02:28:42 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Funding mobile strategies for social impact: The future is now]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[How can funders support mobile projects beyond fundraising campaigns and communicating via social media? What are strategies to help grantees realize the broader potential to amplify program impact? Despite numerous studies by Pew and others documenting the high rate of mobile use by youth and communities of color in the United States - key populations for social equity grantmaking - the domestic social sector has been noticeably lagging in mobile projects by and for underserved communities.Of t]]></description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 02:13:53 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Mapping Digital Media: Lebanon]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[The Mapping Digital Media project examines the global opportunities and risks created by the transition from traditional to digital media. Covering 60 countries, the project examines how these changes affect the core democratic service that any media system should provide: news about political, economic, and social affairs.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 05:45:26 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Application of ICTs for climate change adaptation in the water sector]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[This collection of reports looks at how ICTs can be used to help communities in developing countries facing water stress adapt to climate change. The role and potential of ICTs in helping communities employ innovative approaches to prepare for, respond and adapt to climate change are increasingly being recognised. Within the water sector, ICTs can contribute towards improvements in water resource management techniques; strengthen the voice of the most vulnerable within water governance processes]]></description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 03:27:15 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Elements necessary for the successful scale up of mHealth in developing countries]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Despite the strong promise demonstrated by mHealth tools and applications, the current land¬scape of mHealth development in developing country contexts is characterized by a proliferation of unsustainable pilot projects that often expire once initial funding is exhausted. For example, in Uganda alone there were 23 mHealth initiatives in 2008 and 2009 that did not scale up after the pilot phase. In India, there were over 30 mHealth initiatives in 2009 that did not go beyond the pilot phase.The sc]]></description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 08:08:10 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[ICT Skills and Employment]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Information and communication technologies (ICTs) and the Internet are increasingly viewed as a vital infrastructure for all sectors of the economy. Already, employment in the ICT industry and employment of ICT specialist skills each accounts for up to 5% of total employment in OECD countries and ICT intensive-users account for more than 20% of all workers. In addition, the emerging "green" economy is a "smarter" economy that has increased demand for ICT-skilled jobs not only in the ICT sector, ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 05:33:16 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Biodiversity Observation Module - Citizen Science]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[The Western Ghats Portal team is happy to present the Observation Interface - a biodiversity observation recording module. This is a citizen science initiative, where users can upload species observations; collaboratively identify species; and contribute to enriching our understanding of biodiversity. The objective is to crowd source biodiversity information from scientists, amateurs and naturalists dispersed across various geographies.http://thewesternghats.in/biodiv/observation/listHere is how]]></description>
    <pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 10:08:34 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[3 million bank accounts hacked in Iran]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Summary: First, he warned of the security flaw in Iran’s banking system. Then he provided them with 1,000 bank account details. When they didn’t listen, he hacked 3 million accounts across at least 22 banks.Update - Google kills Iranian blog with 3 million hacked bank accounts]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[The Data Journalism Handbook 1.0 Beta]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Data journalism can help a journalist tell a complex story through engaging infographics. Or it can help explain how a story relates to an individual, as the BBC and the Financial Times now routinely do with their budget interactives (where you can find out how the budget affects you, rather than ‘Joe Public’). And it can open up the news gathering process itself, as The Guardian do so successfully in sharing data, context, and questions with their Datablog. Data can be the source of data journa]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Guide for the Design of Aligned Trade Forms for Paperless Trade]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[To simplify the documentary requirements for international trade, the United Nations developed the United Nations Layout Key for Trade and Transport Documents (UNLK) together with related standards that define the layout of trade documents, the presentation of data, the semantics of trade/data, and the related code lists. The UNLK is applicable to all trade forms used in the commercial transactions sector, in the payment sector, in the transport and related services sector such as forwarding and]]></description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 23:12:37 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[The relevance of content in ICT initiatives in Indian agriculture]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[In the past decade, many information and communication technology (ICT) projects in Indian agriculture have emerged, either substituting or supporting extension services by providing farmers with access to agricultural information. ICTs have the potential to reach many farmers with timely and accessible content. But the content that the ICTs deliver has more relevance if it is localized and context specific, as this improves the value and actionability of the information, which can have importan]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[The State of Telecommunications and Internet in Afghanistan - Six Years Later 2006-2012]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[This report presents a comprehensive overview of the ICT sector in Afghanistan, covering: developments and intersections across the areas of infrastructure; policy; internet and telecommunication services; accessibility and affordability; key players and operators and the legal and regulatory frameworks governing the sector.The reports’ findings reveal unique comparative industry statistics since 2002, showing consistent and strong growth in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sec]]></description>
    <pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 04:16:58 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[By the numbers: Technology's place in our lives]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Director Lee Rainie presented data on technology's place in our lives according to numbers at the Wisdom 2.0 Conference in Redwood City, CA. The event "brings together people from a variety of disciplines, including technology leaders, Zen teachers, neuroscientists, and academics, to explore how we can live with deeper meaning and wisdom in our technology-rich age."]]></description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 01:35:43 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Advancing the dialogue on mobile finance and mobile health]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[In the coming years the global health community will turn more attention to the issue of universal health coverage, and new micro-savings and micro-insurance products are likely to enter developing country markets, often facilitated through the use of mobile money. The case studies of emerging business models presented in this paper could act as a launching point for a community of practice and global discussion on new business models in mHealth / Mobile Finance Services (MFS) and the contributi]]></description>
    <pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 01:05:33 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Start-Ups Look to the Crowd]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Kickstarter is a site where ordinary people back creative projects. Eric Migicovsky, a 25 year old engineer, wanted to develop a line of wristwatches that could display information from an iPhone -- what he called the Pebble watch. A $99 donation via Kickstarter would give the donor a watch when the product was developed. "Less than two hours after the project went up on the site, Mr. Migicovsky and his partners hit their goal of $100,000.“;By that night, we were at $600,000,' said Mr. Migicovsk]]></description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:54:45 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum 2012]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Place: Geneva, SwitzerlandWSIS Forum 2012 will be held from 14th to 18th May 2012 and will provide structured opportunities to network, learn and to participate in multi-stakeholder discussions and consultations on WSIS implementation. This event builds upon the tradition of annual WSIS May meetings, and its new format is the result of open consultations with all WSIS Stakeholders.The 2012 WSIS Forum will be hosted by ITU and will take place at the Conference Centre of the International Labour O]]></description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 03:32:25 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Knowledge Brokers, ICTs and Climate Change: Hybrid Approaches to Reach the Vulnerable]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[One of the most pressing challenges posed by climate change is that of ‘reaching out’ to those that are most vulnerable to its effects.  There are many misconceptions about what ‘reaching out’ implies, as in practice it requires much more than making climate change information and knowledge publicly available through Internet-based tools such as Web portals and online databases.The increasing availability of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) (such as mobile phones, community radi]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 23:59:37 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Mobile Money Summit East Africa 2012]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[The second annual Mobile Money Summit East Africa 2012will be held from the 7th to 9th November 2012 at the Mlimani City Conference Centre, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and features two days of high quality conference streams on East Africa’s most innovative use of the mobile ecosystem services and applications, as well as an exhibition, showcasing the latest developments and solutions in this rapidly evolving and dynamic marketplace.The Summit, run by a team of Mobile Banking, Mobile Health and Mobi]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 07:46:22 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Innovative WFP electronic voucher programme in Zimbabwe brings relief to many living with HIV]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Thousands of people living with HIV in Zimbabwe are no longer going hungry thanks to a creative intervention spearheaded by the World Food Programme. The project, which involves households receiving electronic vouchers that can be used to buy highly nutritious food, is proving a lifeline to people living with HIV.]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 07:17:20 -0400</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Video: World Bank: eRwanda project]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[This 10 min video described the eRwanda project, and its accomplishments from 2006 until 2010. eRwanda was funded by the World Bank in support of the national information communication infrastructure strategy (NICI). eRwanda aims to improve access to information and services to Rwandans. It financed infrastructure and services, as well as connectivity to the district offices, in support of government decentralization. eRwanda contributed to private sector development, skills development and the ]]></description>
    <pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 10:18:56 -0400</pubDate>
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