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Countries Must Cross the Digital Divide

Posted on February 12, 2008
Previously filed under: Technology
Despite the digital divide, technology continues to play a vital role in helping countries develop.
Keywords: technology, digital divide, computers

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The Case for Open Source Software

Posted on August 13, 2007
Previously filed under: Asia, Technology
Software and other information and communication technologies are becoming increasingly crucial to social and economic development.
Keywords: Open Source Software, software, computers, Information Technologies

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Global Computer Grid Links Far-Flung African Scientists

Posted on December 4, 2006
Previously filed under: Africa, Technology
African scientists will be able to communicate with fellow overseas scientists through a new 'grid computing' project launched this November.
Keywords: computers, technology, databases, industrial, universities, brain drain

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The Other Divide - Burning Laptops vs. Wiring the World

Posted on August 22, 2003
Previously filed under: Europe and Middle East, Technology
A new global task force with an ambitious mission to eliminate the "digital divide" is offering high-tech answers to the world's woes.
Keywords: computers, technology, digital divide

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Simputer - Computers for the Poor or an Idealistic Dream?

Posted on August 20, 2003
Previously filed under: Asia, Technology
The Simputer — a cheap, pocket-sized computing device for rural populations in India — has been hailed as a breakthrough in bringing the world of computing to the poor.
Keywords: computers, poverty, technology

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Rising energy costs eroding Asia's competitive edge

International Herald Tribune - Fri, 07/04/2008 - 04:10
Much of Asia's export-based economic miracle has been predicated on cheap transportation and energy, but with oil at $140 a barrel the sums increasingly don't add up.

Weather plays larger role in global fuel prices

Yale Global Online - Wed, 07/02/2008 - 21:00
As the world grows more reliant on crops like corn and palm oil for its fuel supply, it is becoming vulnerable to the many hazards that can damage agriculture, ranging from droughts to plagues to storms.

Agriculture needs green growth

All Africa - Thu, 07/03/2008 - 03:54
Caution needs to be exercised in developing African food production to avoid long-term social and environmental harm.

Bush asks for help, abroad and at home, in sending aid to Africa

New York Times - Wed, 07/02/2008 - 22:15
President Bush called for Congress to renew his global AIDS initiative and urged other nations to live up to their promises to fight poverty and disease on the continent.

Egypt fights to stem rapid population growth

International Herald Tribune - Sun, 07/06/2008 - 05:27
Since President Hosni Mubarak took office in 1981, the population has nearly doubled to 82 million people.
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