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Financing information infrastructure in the developing world . . . . . . . .96
Rym Keremane and Charles Kenny, World Bank
Implementing UNFPA’s knowledge sharing strategy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99
Susan Kingsley Pasquariella, DLS Senior Knowledge Sharing Adviser, and
Brendan O’Brien, Chief, Strategic Planning Office,
United Nations Population Fund
How weather, climate and water information saves lives
and promotes sustainable development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
World Meteorological Organization
The social dimension of ICT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
The International Labour Organization
Digital reach in Taiwan Province of China . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
e-Learning through the Tunisian Virtual School:
a success story of the integration of ICT in education . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Faryal Mouria Beji, Chief Executive, INBMI;
Professor Researcher-ENSI, Tunis University;
Head of Artificial Intelligence Laboratory;
Member of Working Group on Internet Governance
For whom does the Internet click in Africa? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Olivier Nana Nzepa
Transforming the digital divide into the digital opportunity:
Native Language Internet Address
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Netpia, Korea
How to reach the rural herders scattered across Mongolia
. . . . . . . . . . .117
R. Oyun, Coordinator, Risk Study Working Group and
Director, JEMR Consulting Company, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
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Connect the world: the road ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124
International Telecommunication Union
Creating transformations: growth and opportunity
in the new global economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126
Craig R. Barrett, Intel
TradeNet in Ghana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129
V. Mathivanan, Chief Executive Officer, CrimsonLogic Pte Ltd (Singapore)
Korea: connecting people to the digital world . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133
Dr. Song Kwan-Ho, President, National Internet
Development Agency of Korea
Building an inclusive e-society in Singapore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137
Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore
The mobile revolution in Indian society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited
One Laptop per Child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141
Nicholas Negroponte and Seymour Papert
From pilot projects to a mammoth national programme:
the story of Mission 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143
Subbiah Arunachalam, M S Swaminathan Research Foundation
Multi-stakeholder partnerships for tackling the digital divide . . . . . . . .147
Yeongi Son Ph.D, CEO, The Korea Agency for
Digital Opportunity and Promotion
Building partnerships to educate the world: the UNU/GVU strategy . .151
Sven Åke Bjørke and Harald Holt, Arendal, Norway