The GLOSAS project has people from UNESCO, UN, etc working to pursue
such a fund - a global trust fund - and I think Japan has already promised
billions if other countries will match it.
Parker Rossman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
3 Lemmon Drive author, EMERGING WORLDWIDE ELECTRONIC
Columbia MO 65201 UNIVERSITY (Praeger, 1993) Draft of sequel volume
RESEARCH ON CRISES is at address below:
http://users.trib.net/prossman
On Wed, 21 Feb 2001, Yong-Suk Lee wrote:
>
> What do you think is the feasibility and/or usefulness of an international
> fund to bridge digital divide?
>
> There has been much talk about digital divide.
> Would such fund be the answer or part of the answer?
> If so, what would it take to make it successful? Including ways to address
> the following issues....
> - participation and proportion of donation among countries
> - decision making structure
> - what international forum or forums can be utilized
>
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