[GKD] RFI: Searchable Development Databases

2003-04-02 Thread Patrick O'Beirne
Google appliances are in use for in-house searching, e.g. The World Bank Group http://www.google.com/appliance/case6.html Google, however, only indexes public web pages. My question is .. is there a directory of databases of health and agriculture and other development topics that can be accessed

[GKD] BytesForAll - South Asian IT for Dev. Newsletter

2003-04-02 Thread Frederick Noronha
_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/ _/ B y t e s F o r A l l --- http://www.bytesforall.org _/ Making Computing Relevant to the People of South Asia _/ APR 2003 * APR 2003 * APR 2003 * APR 2003 * APR 2003 * _/ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/

[GKD] Attempts to Bridge Digital Divide Could Be Costly to Africa

2003-04-02 Thread Sally Gainsbury
id21 News Release Attempts to bridge the 'digital divide' could lead Africa down a costly path Poor planning, expensive software and under-utilisation make computers a costly mistake for some African schools. Research published by id21 Insights Education shows that the yearly cost of supplying an

[GKD] JOB: Africa Programme Manager, Open Knowledge Network

2003-04-02 Thread Tori Holmes
Dear members of the GKD list, There is a new vacancy on the Open Knowledge Network (OKN) project for an Africa Programme Manager. The Africa Programme Manager will lead the development of the OKN, managing programme planning, coordination and implementation. In order to deliver the vision of a su