Development, the Digital Divide and Universal Service
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- Asia Pacific Development Information Programme (APDIP) - specializes in ICTs for development and poverty relief
- Asia
Pacific Telecommunity Symposium on Access and USO, 18-20 February,
2004, Vietnam
- Australia – E-Commerce across Australia assessing the digital divide in Australia
- Australia – National Office for the Information Economy - Digital Divide
- Bangladesh – Grameen Telecom: An initiative of Professor Muhammad Yunus to bring telecoms and development to poor rural areas supported by the Grameen Bank
- Benton
Foundation Papers on Universal Service
- Development Gateway
- Not-For-Profit Foundation initiated by World Bank but now independent,
includes ICT development projects
Downloadable Microsoft Word list of Links on ICTs and Millennium Development Goals of the WSIS
- Digital Divide Network – information, research and education promoted by the Benton Foundation which works to promote the public interest use of communications
- Economic and Social Committee for Asia Pacific (ESCAP) - see especially Technology (ICT) for Rural Povert Reduction in Asia and the Pacific
- Electronic Journal on Information
Systems in Developing Countries
- Global Business Dialogue on e Business - Digital Bridges Initiative
- Global e-Sustainability Initiative - UN and ITU intitiated, private sector supported.
- Hong Kong – Bridging the digital divide: A vision to a digital inclusive society
- India – Recommendations of the TRAI
on Universal Service Obligation
- Annex 1 : Supplementary Note of Dr. Rakesh Mohan
- Annex 2 : The Response of the Majority Members of the Authority
- See alsoUseful References in our eLearning section.
- Indonesia – Draft Decree of the Minister of Communications Regarding Implementation of Contribution to USO
- InfoDev (World Bank) - Illustrative Examples of E-Readiness Assessments and Assessment Methods
- Japan Global Communication Platform Report - Digital Opportunity Task Force (DOT Force)
- Japan – Towards eQuality: Global E-Commerce Presents Digital Opportunity to Close the Divide Between Developed and Developing Countries MITI's Proposal for WTO E-Commerce Initiative
- Laos - Jhai Foundation - bringing ICTs to rural Laos using WiFi
- Malaysia – Ministry of Energy, Communications, and Multimedia initiatives for bridging the digital divide
- New Zealand – Closing the digital divide
- New Zealand – National Commission for UNESCO
- OECD countries members' sites
- OECD – The Digital Divide: Enhancing Access to ICTs – OECD Workshop examined access and pricing trends related to the digital divide withinand across OECD countries, focusing in particular on ICT access, use and impacts
- OECD – Understanding the digital divide
- Philippines – Remarks Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs to the Sovereignty in the Digital Age Series
- Singapore IDA - Bridging The Digital Divide
- South Asian Network Organization - Struggling with the Digital Divide: Internet Infrastructure, Policies and Regulations
- The Worldwide Digital Divide – Information Poverty, the Internet and Development
- Virtual Institute of Information for Media and Communications
- White Paper on the Gender Digital Divide in Asia : Turning Analog Women Into A Digital Work Force
- World Bank – Resources on Gender and the Digital Divide
- World
Bank Group at WSIS - World Bank ICT publications
- World Bank Rapid Response Unit
- Knowledge Services for Developing Countries
- World Economic Forum – From the global digital divide to the global digital opportunities
- World Economic Forum – Global digital divide initiative – Relevant links