ICT in poverty reduction

31.07.2006 AMARC Asia-Pacific – http://asiapacific.amarc.org/ – is part of an international non-governmental organisation serving the community radio movement, with almost 3,000 members and associates in 110 countries.

31.07.2006 Greenpeace, a non-governmental organisation working for the conservation of the environment, on Tuesday alleged that the information technology (IT) company, Wipro, had failed to keep its promise to develop a policy to phase out toxins from its products.

31.07.2006 Radio is the most accessible medium to reach the greatest number of population in the rural areas. Supported by ENRAP, the Cordillera Highland Agricultural Resources Management (CHARM) Project implemented a school-on-air program to disseminate among farmers the best lessons learned during the project’s implementation in the provinces of Abra, Benguet and Mountain Province.

19.07.2006 Hello. I’m sorry I can’t be with you today, but I’m grateful for the opportunity to say a few words about growth in Africa and the role of Information and Communication Technology.

17.07.2006 Radio content must be made more relevant to its audience to preserve the medium’s market share, told a Pacific media executive an international broadcasting conference in Singapore recently.

17.07.2006 The strong trend in the number of new telephone subscribers continued in the month of June with a net addition of about 4.97 million phones - an average daily addition of 1.66 lakh lines.

10.07.2006 President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday in Abuja launched a public private partnership, dubbed "Computer for All Nigerians Initiative." (CANI) to make personal computers available to Nigerians at more affordable prices.

10.07.2006 Ministers of Science and Technology in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) are currently meeting in Pretoria to prepare for the regional summit taking place in Lesotho next month.

05.07.2006 OneWorld South Asia has published an action research report - Improving Transparency, Efficiency and Effectiveness of Pro Poor Government Services - that shows that information and communication technologies (ICTs) plan an important role in enabling people to have better access to government services. Download the report (pdf).

03.07.2006 In 2006, ITU celebrates its leading role in making the standards that have played a massive role in shaping the information and communication technologies (ICT) and services of today.