Wednesday | 19 Jun 2013
Welcome to Digital Opportunity, the ‘all about ICT for Development’ channel, brought to you by OneWorld South Asia that informs on digital inclusion, showcases best practices in the sector and provides space for sharing and collaboration amongst ICT for D practitioners.
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02-04-2013 This booklet, published by the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP)-European Union (EU), features 20 young people and three organisations that have been involved in the CTA youth project called ARDYIS (Agriculture Rural Development and Youth in the Information Society).
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18-01-2013 The WDR 2013 application for iPad enables development professionals, journalists, students, researchers, and anyone interested in understanding the connection between jobs and economic and social development. World Development Report 2013: Jobs, explains and analyses the connection between jobs and important dimensions of economic and social development. The new WDR 2013 application for iPad puts that research, analysis, and data on jobs in the global economy in an easy-to-comprehend manner.
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06-09-2012 The Little Data Book on Information and Communication Technology 2012, a joint venture publication between the World Bank and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) illustrates the progress of the ICT revolution for 216 economies around the world.
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22-08-2012 Mobile phone technology is developing at an extraordinarily rapid pace and is being applied to an increasingly wide range of human activities and the environment in which we live. It brings both benefits and challenges. This report looks at the implications and applications of mobile phone technology on conservation and development initiatives in the developing world.
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07-08-2012 The Report shows that the potential of leveraging information and communication technologies (ICTs) to develop the private sector is far from fully exploited.
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26-07-2012 The World Bank Group’s new Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Strategy aims at helping developing countries use ICT to transform delivery of basic services, drive innovations and productivity gains, and improve competitiveness. The strategy reflects rapid changes in the ICT sector over the last decade, including a dramatic increase in use of mobile phones and the Internet, plunging prices of computing and mobile internet devices, and the increasing prevalence of social media.
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26-07-2012 The World Bank Group’s new Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Strategy aims at helping developing countries use ICT to transform delivery of basic services, drive innovations and productivity gains, and improve competitiveness. The strategy reflects rapid changes in the ICT sector over the last decade, including a dramatic increase in use of mobile phones and the Internet, plunging prices of computing and mobile internet devices, and the increasing prevalence of social media.
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Image Credits: World Bank
23-07-2012 The report analyses the growth and evolution of applications for mobile phones, focusing on their use in agriculture, health and financial services, as well as their impact on employment and government.
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» Online climate conference
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» Open Knowledge Festival 2012
Helsinki, Finland,  September 17,2012.
» ITU Green Standards Week
39, quai du Président Roosevelt 92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux, France,  September 17

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