If the following news below is true, this 10 million dollars a year
would be a sufficient foundation to create throughout the entire State
of California, and surrounding states, a medium bandwidth "always-on"
wireless network and applications platform sufficient for universal
fixed low-cost access
This thread is intriguing and appeals to my long term interest in the
absolute vs relative gains provided by ICTs.
There are really 3 points that I think are important.
1. Absolute gains in living standards. I agree that these technologies
can deliver real gains in access to information, potent
Margaret Grieco, of Napier University (Edinburgh) focuses in on the
persistant problem of muzzling expert opinion within the international
development community and singles out the World Bank for its internal
problems. While the World Bank may be an example of this problem it is
probably unfair to
I was going through Grand Central station in New York City just before
Christmas, and while buying bagels in the new GC market, I struck up a
brief post 9/11 commiseration with the person serving me ( a woman).
She assured me confidently that 9/11 was a function of the huge global
social divide (
Call for Proposals: InfoDev Core Grants
InfoDev is pleased to announce the next review of proposals for funding
in Spring 2002. These are core program grants and do not include Country
Gateway, E-Readiness or iCSF grants. We will be reviewing all proposals
received since the last round of reviews
