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26.03.2004 The International Water Management Institute has launched a web site that it hopes will lead to the first large-scale regional assessment of how countries in southwest Asia deal with drought.

25.03.2004 The United Nations and the Wireless Internet Institute (W2i) have announced a series of programmes to accelerate the adoption of broadband wireless technology in developing countries.

23.03.2004 Japan, Poland and Ukraine are partnering to set up a network of distance learning centres at Ukrainian universities, using digital technology to boost the number of computer science graduates.

19.03.2004 Up to 50 public and private sector colleges and universities across Pakistan have been linked up through fibre optics as part of a 3-tier initiative to create an educational research network. A report from OneWorld South Asia's Ahmad Naeem Khan.

19.03.2004 A novel information network enables women with relatively few opportunities for income and independence to create new spaces, both physical and virtual, in which to congregate and learn, as well as new social and technological networks, through which to share information and skills.

16.03.2004 Five NGO activists and media professionals from Tajikistan are on a one-week study tour of independent, low-cost, community radio stations in Afghanistan. The participants will receive training on production, programming and news-gathering techniques.

16.03.2004 UNDP and Ethiopia's ICT for Development Authority have delivered the first batch of 1,500 computers to the Ministry of Education as part of efforts to bring information and communications technology to more than 160 high schools around the country.

09.03.2004 The manufacture of an average desktop computer and monitor uses more than 10 times its weight in fossil fuels and chemicals, according to a United Nations University (UNU) study. It's time for government incentives to extend the life of personal computers.

01.03.2004 The ITU plans to fund an initiative for satellite-based communication services such as telemedicine, distance education, internet access and e-commerce to improve the health, wealth and education of poor African nations.