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UNDP-APDIP’s “e-Primers” open-sourced
People over at the UNDP’s Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme (UNDP-APDIP) have caught on to the brilliance of Wikis. They’ve released a bunch of their “e-Primers” under a GFDL license onto Wikibooks. What this means is that they are free to … Continue reading
United Nations University embraces opencourseware
The United Nations University (UNU), a network of specialised research and knowledge sharing programs, has announced that it has joined the OpenCourseWare Consortium (OCW Consortium). The OCW Consortium is an initiative which I believe was launched by MIT after they … Continue reading
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Outsourcing university research as development aid?
Newsweek-International Edition this week (Aug. 21-28, 2006) has several reports about higher education. The main piece is about newly published rankings of universities throughout the world. Among the factors used to determine the rankings are number of international faculty and … Continue reading
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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
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Bill Thompson on Open Source in India
Seems like there’s a lot of talk about open source software in regards to development these days. The BBC’s Bill Thompson has an interesting story on open source software in India: BBC NEWS | Technology | India lays down ‘open’ … Continue reading
New Global Information Technology Report
This years report has been published: World Economic Forum – Global Information Technology Report There’s an incredible amount of movement over the years in the Network Readiness Index. It’s not entirely clear to me what of these changes are due … Continue reading
