Ken Novak: Digital DevelopmentCommunications and info tech in developing countries, especially wireless broadband and high-value applications(Untitled)- January 19, 2004 Internet Users in China Number Nearly 80 Million; there were only 620,000 Chinese Internet users in 1997. These numbers are from the China Internet Network Information Center. Pew says the US has 126 m users; other put Japan at 100m. A Frost & Sullivan analyst thinks the China figure is reasonable, and the Chinese market has the potential to displace both Japan and the United States, which are reaching their limits in terms of possible new users. "If you are...http://www.novak.com/weblog/categories/digitalDevelopment/2004/01/18.html#a1629 (Untitled)- January 18, 2004 Poor Nations Eye Western Outsourcing: "The tech research firm Gartner Inc. predicts that the offshore outsourcing trend will result in at least one in every 10 U.S. technology jobs moving overseas by the end of this year. India gets a huge amount of that work but also has set up so-called centers of excellence in Mongolia, Mauritius and Nepal to help those countries develop software skills, understand international business practices and enhance education. At the Hyderabad summit, Kamal Thapa,..http://www.novak.com/weblog/categories/digitalDevelopment/2004/01/17.html#a1624 (Untitled)- January 18, 2004 Information Patterns - Toucan Navigate: "Toucan Navigate is the Geographic Information System (GIS) for users of Groove Workspace, the desktop collaboration software." Integrated with GPS, with its own collaborative viewer and data entry engine. Looks very powerful. Michael Helfrich discusses potential applications for NGOs.http://www.novak.com/weblog/categories/digitalDevelopment/2004/01/17.html#a1623 (Untitled)- January 13, 2004 BP donation to India via BASE: "BP Solar USA is donating over $1 million worth of solar modules to BASE (Basel Agency for Sustainable Energy), who in turn are dispatching them to rural and semi-rural areas of India where over 60 per cent of the population is without electricity. The solar systems will be used for water pumping, lighting and for powering telecommunications services including cyber cafes." Contact info for BASE director provided in the article.http://www.novak.com/weblog/categories/digitalDevelopment/2004/01/12.html#a1593 (Untitled)- January 13, 2004 INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY APPLIED TO THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS: Useful essays by John A. Daly that include an inventory of IT applications in development, specifically linked to Millenium Goals. Especially useful for its summary of MDG and the specific measurements associated with each Goal. "The Millennium Development Goals (MDG) provide a vision of development: one in which development reduces the number of poor in the world and specifically targets the.http://www.novak.com/weblog/categories/digitalDevelopment/2004/01/12.html#a1592 (Untitled)- January 13, 2004 World Bank ICT Toolkit: A checklist for project structures when getting multilateral grants. "This toolkit directly addresses the basics of planning, designing and supervising "e" (or ICT) components of WBGroup projects in other sectors and discusses good practices for project management, procurement (goods and services); and implementation. At a time when the average investment lending operation in all sectors includes an ICT component of at least 10% of the total loan (much higher...http://www.novak.com/weblog/categories/digitalDevelopment/2004/01/12.html#a1591 (Untitled)- January 13, 2004 Global Philanthropy Partnership: "The following summary is an initial attempt to identify and describe the range of organizations and activities currently promoting and supporting global social investing. We consider this draft a 'living document' that will evolve and grow with the field." Lists many international private donors.http://www.novak.com/weblog/categories/digitalDevelopment/2004/01/12.html#a1590 (Untitled)- January 13, 2004 Creative Commons: Useful site for selecting appropriate lisencing for created material (e.g., requiring attribution, no derivative works, but otherwise open to noncommercial use).http://www.novak.com/weblog/categories/digitalDevelopment/2004/01/12.html#a1587 (Untitled)- January 12, 2004 Digital Business Ecosystems in Developing Countries: Brief summary of key concept in development of advanced industries. "In biological systems some capabilities cannot emerge prior to others.. Biologists sometimes call the rules governing such relationships &8220;assembly rules,&8221; that is, the rules affecting the assembly, in sequence and over time, of ecosytems. This notion of assembly rules has just begun to be applied to economic development, but it holds great promise. .. In our study..http://www.novak.com/weblog/categories/digitalDevelopment/2004/01/12.html#a1575 (Untitled)- January 11, 2004 Social Capitalists: List of "top 20" social enterprises, including Benetech and Room to Read.http://www.novak.com/weblog/categories/digitalDevelopment/2004/01/11.html#a1571 |