[GKD] APC at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)

APC, APC Women's Programme (APC WNSP) and Member/Partner Activities at WSIS == Policy decisions being made today will impact on the peoples of the world's ability and potential to use ICTs as tools in their work tomorrow. At the United Nation

Re: [GKD] How Much Bandwidth is Necessary?

I refer to a contribution from Cornelio Hopmann Sent on Wednesday, December 03, 2003 11:51 PM > (snip) > obviously illiteracy is an obstacle to use ICT directly -- > and not only due to the lack of skills in reading and writing, > (snip) > indicators: they are implicitly based on an Individual Con

Re: [GKD] Bringing Connectivity to Under-Served Communities

> 1. What activities are endeavoring to bring connectivity to under-served > communities? Equal Access is a nonprofit organization that helps underserved populations in Asia. We accomplish this by combining cutting edge technology like digital satellite broadcasting and solar energy, with traditio

[GKD] CFP: Cultural Attitudes towards Technology and Communication

Dear GKD Members, See in particular the 2 special topics that have been added to the earlier call. Michel *** CALL FOR PAPERS Fourth International Conference on CULTURAL ATTITUDES TOWARDS TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATION (CATaC'04) 27 June-1 July 2004 Karlstad U

[GKD] Software Licence Fees vs. GDP Per Capita

I came across this interesting piece by a friend of mine: Abstract: "There is a strong case for free software (also known as open source or libre software) being deployed widely in developing countries. As argued in this note, the open s