by Maartje Op de Coul
The route from poverty to empowerment starts with the click of a mouse, says Maartje Op de Coul of Oneworld International. But can internet social projects also make markets work in their favour?
ICTs will accelerate the evolution of the information society. They need to be used strategically for organising and transforming information into knowledge and communicating that knowledge to a global community.
It's the desire to create intellectual property among the Southern people and organisations that frightens multinational IT giants and Western academics.
