[GKD] Using ICTs to Promote Blood Donations (India)

I really like the way in which IT is effectively used to promote blood-donations. See this network and how it works. To my mind, a very effective use of IT. -FN Khushroo Poacha, Founder of Indianblooddonors.com and blooddonorsalert.org (I think she's based in Pune

[GKD] DOT-COMments eNewsletter - March 2005

DOT-COMments eNewsletter - March 2005 (Issue 10) Welcome to the DOT-COMments eNewsletter, the newsletter of the DOT-COM Alliance. The March 2005 issue of the DOT-COMments newsletter is now on the DOT-COM Alliance web site. The full newsletter can be accessed online at

[GKD] Increasing the Value of Donor Aid

Dear GKD Members, I've recently done some digging around Tom's point below concerning a lot of venting, some of it inconsistent at best, on 'boomerang' bilateral money invested in development (i.e., returning funds to the source). OXFAM has suggested that only about 20% of aid actually gets to the

Re: [GKD] Soros: Transparency Can Alleviate Poverty

Dear Colleagues, I ought to be pleased that someone with the stature of George Soros is talking about transparency and suggesting that it can alleviate poverty. But frankly, it is not such a big deal unless there is a significant pick up of the idea by a whole lot of corporate, government and reli