ICT in poverty reduction

21.11.2005 Opinion at an ongoing Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) conference in Tunis is divided over the approach to bridging the digital divide - whether resources should be spent on individuals or on businesses. Indeed, whether ICTs help end poverty at all...

18.11.2005 The chairman of the National Commission on Farmers, MS Swaminathan has called for "more crop per drop" while emphasising on new water efficient technologies in the country.

17.11.2005 An innovative Indian initiative to harness information technology to empower every village has won wide appreciation for bringing together government, people and corporates in partnership.

17.11.2005 The district administration of salem , Tamil Nadu has organised a training programme, `Building skills of the self-help group (SHG) women in establishing information kiosks' at the Sona College of Technology.

17.11.2005 The proliferation of cybercafés in Bolivia's largest cities, offering Internet access at relatively modest rates, contrasts sharply with the slow advance of this technology in rural areas, which depends on sporadic initiatives headed up by the private sector or civil society.

16.11.2005 An Indo-Norwegian project on environmental management strategy for coastal aquaculture practices, which successfully tested the aeration technology introduced by Norwegian company, HOBAS Tropical Aquaculture, has raised hopes among various stakeholders that the technology can help resolve the problem of water quality faced by Indian aquaculture.

14.11.2005 The new livelihood skill training programme known as 'EXPRO',which is operating in Adult and Non-formal Education sub-sector, has been playing a significant role in supporting Ethiopia's poverty reduction programme.

14.11.2005 Information and communication technology (ICT) has been the driving force behind rapid economic growth around the world, and is "transforming social and economic activity faster than the steam engine, railroads, and electricity did in earlier times," says the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

11.11.2005 The cost of fast net access and linking up to the net's global infrastructure hits poorer nations much harder than developed countries, says a UN body.

10.11.2005 The residents of Abu Shagara area who are facing water shortage or disconnection in the supply should not hesitate to contact th emergency phone number of Sharjah Electricity and Water Authority (Sewa) for redressal of the problem, said Engineer Mohammed Khalifa bin Taresh, Director of the Water Department at Sewa.

10.11.2005 Chairman of the ISRO G. Madhavan Nair has said that India's space programmes exemplify how space can be the harbinger of societal transformations.

09.11.2005 A Special Monitoring Cell-Helpline has been opened in Krishnagiri district of Tamil Nadu to provide information to farmers on the demand and availability of fertilizers.

08.11.2005 Taking a lead in the region, land records of four tehsils in Panchkula district will be accessible online by the end of December.

03.11.2005 R.S. Baskkaran, senior lecturer, Periyar Centenary Polytechnic College, Vallam in Chennai was awarded the `Best Polytechnic Teacher Award' for 2005.He explained the philosophy behind the concept of community radios, run by the people for the people and on behalf of the people.

02.11.2005 The eGovernment project of Dubai initiated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MOAF) is well on track with the soft launch of 25 eServices scheduled for launch by December 1, 2005.

02.11.2005 The women of Kalomo district, some 400 kilometres South of Lusaka are influencing and transforming the face of the district, socially and economically with the help of new technologies. These women, under the Kalomo Bwacha Women ICT club, are using the only and first resource centre of women in the district to improve other women’s money livelihoods by using the internet.

02.11.2005 The world is changing rapidly due to the growth of the Internet, a global communications tool linking humans together in real time. Many organisations are analysing processes under the theme of "re-engineering" to further take advantage of technology and eliminate routine procedures.