ICTD Project Newsletter December-2007, ICTs - A Catalyst for Inclusion
The goal of the development process must be to include every last member of our society, particularly those who are at the margins.
The Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), China has signed an agreement with five local banks to establish a platform that would streamline the assessment of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) seeking financing.
The penetration of Internet has been grown in Jamaica since the last decade. In Jamaica, 55 percent of the population or 1.5 million users are surfing the Internet, according to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU).
Zapak, an ADAG gaming portal, has partnered with a Mumbai-based NGO, Population First to create a game called 'Laadli', that is a movement against sex identification and female foeticide. The game was launched on May 10, 2008 in a question-answer format.
The much awaited the national plan on climate change has been finalised and set to be announced on today by the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, India. After two rounds of to and fro between different lobbies in the climate change council and within the government, the plan finally weds India's international negotiating stance with a domestic agenda on reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
After successfully testing the technology at its new cardiac care building, a Georgia integrated delivery system is turning into patient's self-serve kiosks' for registration at 29 sites.
The Union Government of India has decided to implement State Wide Area Network (SWAN) to provide connectivity to over 1,00,000 government offices across the country. The project will cost around INR 33340 million.
Noeleen Heyzer Secretary General-United Nations and Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)
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