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PARTNERSHIPS TO CONNECT THE WORLD
Creating transformations: growth and opportunity in the new global economy
1 Craig R. Barrett is Chairman of the Board of Intel Corporation and a member
of the National Academies Committee on Prospering in the Global Economy
of the 21st Century: An Agenda for American Science and Technology. Intel
Corporation is the world’s leading supplier of advanced microprocessors used
inside PCs, servers and wireless devices, and a leading manufacturer of
networking and communications products.
2 For the results in this paragraph, see Gov3 and Intel, Achieving Digital
Inclusion (2005):
TradeNet in Ghana
1 This article is based on Luc De Wulf, TradeNet in Ghana: Best practice of the
use of information technology.
Connecting people to the digital world
1 NIDA, a statutory organization under the act on Internet Address Resources,
has a crucial role in developing Korea’s Internet infrastructure and managing
Internet address resources.
From pilot projects to a mammoth national programme: the story of Mission 2007
1 Subbiah Arunachalam (Arun) is Distinguished Fellow at the M.S.
Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF), Chennai and an Adviser to the
National Virtual Academy. A volunteer with MSSRF since April 1996, he is
currently a trustee of OneWorld South Asia and the Electronic Publishing
Trust, a member of the Executive Committee of the Global Knowledge
Partnership, and a member of the international advisory board of IICD, The
Hague. His research interests include science on the periphery,
scientometrics, information access, and the application of information and
communication technologies in development and poverty reduction
programmes. He is an ardent advocate of open access archiving. He can be
reached at .
Multi-stakeholder partnerships for tackling the digital divide
1 ITU, World Telecommunication Development Report 2003: www.itu.int/ITU-
D/ict/publications/wtdr_03/
Building partnerships to educate the world: The UNU/GVU strategy
1 HDR, Human Development Report, UNDP (New York: Oxford University Press,
2003).
2 HDR Human Development Report, UNDP (New York, Oxford University Press,
2002) 189.
3 UNESCO, Open and Distance Learning. Trends, policy and strategy
considerations, Division of higher education, Paris (2002)
4 Lewis, R. ‘Staff development in conventional institutions moving towards
open learning’, Latchem C. and Lockwood, F. (eds) Staff development in open
and flexible learning (London: Routledge, 1998) 24-25.
5 UNCTAD: Information and Technology development indices: Minimal
improvement in sub-Saharan countries.
Connected development: volunteers contribute time and skills online
1 About UNV: Administered by the United Nations Development Programme
(UNDP), UNV is the United Nations organization that supports sustainable
human development globally through the promotion of volunteerism,
including the mobilization of volunteers. As a part of its activities, UNV opens
up opportunities for mid-career professional women and men to serve as UN
Volunteers and contribute to the attainment of the MDGs. In 2004, 7 300 UN
Volunteers - representing more than 160 nationalities and serving in some
140 countries - supported the activities of governments, UN agencies, NGOs
and civil society organizations in key areas such as poverty reduction,
democratic governance, energy and the environment, crisis prevention and
recovery, ICT and HIV/AIDS. Reaffirming the programme’s commitment to
promoting South-South cooperation, 75 per cent of UN Volunteers are
nationals of developing countries or economies in transition. It also manages
the a portal that serves as a knowledge resource base
on volunteerism worldwide.
The end of poverty – the ITU and the Navajo nation
1 The United Nations Millennium Project is headed by the International
Telecommunication Union (ITU), an international organization and a
specialized agency of the UN. The ITU’s goal is to facilitate peaceful relations,
international cooperation, and economic and social development by means of
efficient telecommunication services. One major role of the ITU is the
delivery of technical assistance to developing countries, in order to promote
the development of their telecommunication networks and services.
2 John Maynard Keynes, Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren (1930).
3 See
4 The Brazilian initiative already supports ICTs in approximately 300
communities, in the context of the ‘Forest Peoples Network,’ through the
Indigenous Culture Nucleus (NCI), with support from the Committee for
Democratization of Informatics (CDI).
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PERSPECTIVES
Laying foundations for digital inclusion
1 High Level Asia-Pacific Conference for the World Summit on the Information
Society,
2 Tehran Declaration on Building the Information Society in Asia and the
Pacific:
The role of the private sector in mainstreaming ICT4D
1 German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
2 Information for Development Programme (infoDev):
3 Development Gateway Foundation:
4 Gesellschaft für technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ): ;
Deutsche Investions und Entwicklungsgesellschaft mbH (DEG):
;
Stiftung für wirtschaftliche Entwicklung und berufliche Qualifizierung (SEQUA):
InWent - Capacity Building International:
5 Cited from the Africa Drive Project website:
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8 InWent – Capacity Building International
9 For further information please contact
The role of Internet governance in the use of information and communication
technologies for development
1 Report of the Working Group on Internet Governance (2005):
2 United Nations Millennium Declaration (2000):
CAS e-Science and Virtual Lab
1 Baoping Yan, Kai Nan:
Computer Network Information Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing
100080, China.
2 UK National e-Science Centre:
3 CAS:
4 Report of CAS 10th five-year Informatization Programme.
5 Plan of CAS 11th five-year Informatization Programme.
Using ICT to fight corruption and save costs
1 Transparency International –
2 World Bank -Six Questions on the Cost of Corruption with World Bank Institute
Global Governance Director Daniel Kaufmann:
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4 OECD United States Phase 2 Report on application of the convention on
combating bribery of foreign public officials (October 2002) 17.
5 ‘Cheque is not in the post’, Financial Times (26th May 2004).
6 CNEL,La dematerializzazione dei documenti nelle attività di amministrazione,
finanza e controllo (April 2005) 5.
7 Electronic Business Group, Le Livre Blanc de la Facturation Electronique -
(September 2004); Arthur D Little, study for Deskom/Post@xess ; Aberdeen
Group, The Invoice Reconciliation and Payment Benchmark Report (June 2004).
8 EDIFrance, Guide de la dématérialisation de la facture (September 2003),
Aberdeen Group, The Invoice Reconciliation and Payment Benchmark Report
(June 2004).
9 Gladwell, Malcolm, The Tipping Point (London, Abacus) 12.
Advancing open standards for the Information Society
1 The author is continually inspired by the thousands of volunteer hours
expended by over 4 000 participants working in OASIS committees every
month. For more information, visit the OASIS website,
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