Tryggvi Thayer, Ph.D.
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Starting a glossary
Many visitors to my blog end up here in their quest for simple definitions of key terms related to the ICT for development agenda. So I’ve decided to start compiling a glossary of ICT4D terms. I am going to place … Continue reading
Posted in Development, Glossary, ICTs, Leapfrogging development
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The United Nations Millennium Declaration and the knowledge-based economy
Time for another installment related to my quest to unravel the deep hidden meanings of the Millennium Declaration (UNMD), the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), globalization, ICTs, etc.. If the UNMD is about globalization, which it largely is, the referenced document … Continue reading
Posted in Development, Education, ICTs, Knowledge development
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Criticism of a criticism of UN-GAID
I came across an article today which was included in the UN ICT Task Force newsfeed. It’s a commentary written by Nalaka Gunawardene on the SciDev.Net web about the new UN Global Alliance for ICT and Development (UN-GAID). Gunawardene is … Continue reading
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UN Millennium Declaration and globalization
Several months ago I posted an analysis of the UN Millennium Declaration (UNMD). One of the things I mentioned was the stated goal of the UNMD, to promote globalization in a positive light and to ensure that everyone benefits equally … Continue reading
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Global Alliance for ICT and Development
The inaugural meeting of the newly established Global Alliance for ICT and Development (GAID) starts next week, June 19th. This is certainly an interesting development and I’m anxious to see what comes out of the meeting. I think that the … Continue reading
African’s pay on average 90 times more than Americans for Internet
This is just very, very sad: CNN.com – Official: Africans pay $1,800 for 1GB of data – May 18, 2006.
