25.05.2003
In 1993, Neil Carleton, a Canadian schoolteacher, decided to use shortwave listening as a teaching aid to familiarise students with languages and cultures they might otherwise not encounter. He was also able to inspire teachers world over to start similar projects in their own schools. Ten years on, radio in the classroom is flourishing.
18.05.2003
Government service delivery, particularly to the most needy, is an essential part of any poverty alleviation strategy. These World Bank case studies highlight uses of e-government tools in projects focused on improving delivery of services to citizens in India and Brazil.
13.05.2003
Information technology revolution is opening up opportunities to access information even in the most "unreachable" of Indian villages. Information shops are becoming indispensable to the fishermen and farmers in the villages around Villianur, Pondicherry in south India.
28.04.2003
Radio Salankoloto is an associative radio station broadcasting out of Ouagadougou which aims to inform and thus improve the lives of radio listeners. They are harnassing the power of a local radio station to help combat the growing problem of HIV/AIDS in Burkina.
28.04.2003
Working in the villages of Reddiarchatram taluk of Dindigual district in Tamil Nadu, India, two are disproving the notion hat computers are only for the young and educated urbanites.
30.03.2003
Every South African student who enrolled for technology training on the Youth Internship Programme piloted last year has successfully completed the course and been offered a job in the industry.
Facilitation or hindrance to Open Access to Scientific Information
should be included as one factor of appreciation and criteria within Internet Governance considerations and assessments.
