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  WTO/GATS and economic development: key to "the new economy"

  Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2005

  This report outlines the programme on WTO/GATS and Economic Development which is part of a Strategic Institute Programme at CMI on Producer Services.The WTO/GATS programme covers three main issues:the adoption of information technology and its impact on supply chain managementthe impact of trade liberalisation (financial services, telecommunications and energy services in particular
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  Radio broadcasting for health: a decision-maker’s guide

  Department for International Development, UK, 2004

  This paper from the UK Department for International Development (DFID) examines the role of radio broadcasting in promoting better health for poor people. Topics covered include the development of health messages to achieve social and behavioural change, and the use of radio in mobilising communities to claim their rights and voice their healthcare needs.
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  The role and effectiveness of collaborative knowledge systems in health promotion and health support

  Tavistock Institute, UK, 2004

  This report argues that the effectiveness of collaborative knowledge systems (with an ICT component) in providing health information and support services is dependent more on social, cultural, institutional and economic factors than on the "technical" properties of the platforms and tools themselves.
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  Networking for learning: what can participants do?

  European Centre for Development Policy Management, 2004

  Why should anyone and especially donors invest in networking of civil society actors? What is its specific contribution to learning and innovation for sustainable development? The answer to this question seems quite obvious: to a large degree, learning and innovation in development and development policy emerges as a result of multi-actor networking, both spontaneous and organised.
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  Reaching the last mile: knowledge sharing for development

  Practical Action [Intermediate Technology Development Group], 2004

  The paper characterises the problem of understanding the local context of demand for knowledge by poor people as “reaching the last mile”. From a range of practical studies the paper offers some evidence of ways in which the local context contributes to successful knowledge sharing.
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  School networking: lessons learned (Volume 2)

  UNESCO Bangkok ICT in Education, 2004

  This publication synthesises and analyses the experiences of five Asian countries in networking schools, namely, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.
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  SchoolNet Toolkit

  United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 2004

  This toolkit is designed to help education planners and practitioners integrate information and communication technologies (ICTs) into education systems. It is meant to be a practical resource about ICTs in education, and more specifically about setting up and operating schoolnet programmes and projects.
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  UK e-university: third report of session 2004–05

  UK Parliament, 2005

  This paper examines the UK e–University project, which was concluded last year by HEFCE, after having spent £50 million of public money but having succeeded only in attracting 900 students.
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  The promise and perils of virtual representation: the public view: NOP opinion survey of online political transactions in the UK

  Parliamentary Representation in the Internet Age, 2005

  This survey of public opinion in the UK looks at the use of the citizens use of the internet to contact UK politicians and their use of e-governance services. It finds that, despite soaring use of the Internet in the UK, online politics is still "very much a minority sport".
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  Information kiosks in every village by 2007: myth or reality?

  Digital Opportunity Channel, 2004

  This paper focuses on scalability, sustainability and collaboration aspects in building infokiosks or knowledge centres in India.It summarises viewpoints from an e- discussion, Video Conference and the Task Force Reports which emerged out of the National Policy Makers’ Workshop held in July 2004 in New Delhi.

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