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> From: Keith Snodgrass <snodgras at u.washington.edu> > Date: November 10, 2010 3:02:27 PM EST > To: snodgras at uw.edu > Subject: [Soasiastudents] Bulletin 11.10.10 > Akhtar Badshah introduces "Technology at the Margins: How IT Meets the Needs > of Emerging Markets" > > Thursday December 2, 2010 > 3:30 PM > Burke Museum, UW Campus > > Akhtar Badshah, senior director of Global Community Affairs at Microsoft > Corporation > > South Asia Center of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies and > the Global Business Center of the Foster School of Business, UW > > snodgras at uw.edu, 206-543-4800 > > Akhtar Badshah co-edited this volume which discusses information and > communication technologies (ICTs) which have revolutionized our lives by > changing the way we live, play, work, communicate, learn, manage our > finances, and stay healthy?just think of life without Facebook, cell phones, > or email! But the majority of the world's people?the four billion at the > bottom of the global economic pyramid living on less than $2 a day?remain > largely unable to benefit from the ICT revolution, mainly due to its > irrelevance to their needs and the high cost of technology in relation to > their purchasing power. What if we could change all this? What impact would > it have on reducing poverty and improving lives? What barriers need to be > overcome before this can happen? > > > > _______________________________________________ > Soasiastudents mailing list > Soasiastudents at u.washington.edu > http://mailman2.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/soasiastudents -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://changemm.cs.washington.edu/mailman/private/change/attachments/20101110/42f6d118/attachment.html>
