Ken Novak: Digital DevelopmentCommunications and info tech in developing countries, especially wireless broadband and high-value applications(Untitled)- January 11, 2004 GRANT-MAKING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATIONS IN DEVELOPING NATIONS: Interesting list of institutions sponsoring research and innovation in places like Brazil, India, etc., including some bilateral or multilateral-sponsored ones.http://www.novak.com/weblog/categories/digitalDevelopment/2004/01/10.html#a1568 (Untitled)- January 7, 2004 Global Information Internship Program: UC Santa Cruz undergraduate program seeks NGOs to work with: "The Global Information Internship Program is an innovative undergraduate initiative sponsored by the Center for Global, International, and Regional Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz. GIIP's objective is to raise the capacity of community, civil society, and non-governmental organizations to maximize the use of Internet-based information and communication technologies. "http://www.novak.com/weblog/categories/digitalDevelopment/2004/01/07.html#a1550 (Untitled)- January 5, 2004 Bridging Digital Gap To Alleviate Poverty: Nice coverage of Digital Vision Fellow Rajeswari Rao Pingali and her ongoing project in India.http://www.novak.com/weblog/categories/digitalDevelopment/2004/01/05.html#a1549 (Untitled)- January 4, 2004 Indian Soybean Farmers Join the Global Village: NYT front-page article summarizing the ITC e-choupal network: "E-choupals were born in 2000 from ITC's determination to capture more of the soybean crop, which it turns into oil to sell in India and into animal feed to export. In purchasing soya, it has long been dependent on a static, archaic system: Farmers sold to village traders or went to government markets, settling for whatever price was offered. ITC then had to buy from the traders or...http://www.novak.com/weblog/categories/digitalDevelopment/2004/01/04.html#a1547 |