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Archive for the ‘asia’ Category
Filed Under: asia, blog, regions by usha on January 25th, 2012
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (known widely as NREGA) is the rural employment guarantee scheme implemented by the Indian government in August 2005. The law guarantees 100 days of work for a pay of Rs 120 a day (see MGNREGA on Wikipedia). With its Rs 40,000 crore budget, it is no surprise that the project is bedeviled by charges of corruption and embezzlement. Read More »
Tags: accountability, appropriate tech, india, transparency
Filed Under: africa, asia, economic empowerment, latin america, regions, research, resources, solutions by AI on September 12th, 2008
ICT for Development Case Studies Series
IV. Banking & Micro Finance
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Filed Under: academy, africa, asia, capacity building, economic empowerment, latin america, middle east, regions, research, resources, solutions by AI on September 11th, 2008
ICT for Development Case Studies Series
III. Livelihood & Skills Training
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Filed Under: africa, asia, economic empowerment, latin america, middle east, regions, solutions by AI on September 10th, 2008
ICT for Development Case Studies Series
II. Agriculture Extension Services
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Filed Under: africa, asia, economic empowerment, mobile, regions, research, resources, solutions by AI on September 9th, 2008
ICT for Development Case Studies Series
I. Market Access and Pricing
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Filed Under: asia, mobile, regions, solutions by usha on August 6th, 2008
PC World has an enlightening article from Kiwanja’s Ken Banks about the growing disconnect between mobile applications envisioned for development and the realities on the ground.
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Filed Under: africa, asia, economic empowerment, latin america, middle east, regions, solutions by usha on March 13th, 2008
As part of the Sustainability Development Network week from Feb 19-29, World Bank had an educational and inspiring seminar on how ICTs can play a role in the economic empowerment of women. Yeah, OK, I am probably biased because the event incorporates three of my favorite areas – ICT, women, economic empowerment. But it really was all that and more.
Lots of real-world examples and case studies from all over world were presented at the seminar. Here is my brain (and link) dump from the event.
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Filed Under: africa, asia, middle east, regions, research, stats by AI on November 28th, 2007
Overall country rank, user numbers, and gender break-down of Facebook users (as of Nov 2007)
- 42,966,780 total users
- 15,521,660 (36.12%) male; 18,118,600 (42%) female; 9,326,520 (21.71%) unspecified.
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Filed Under: ai work, asia, consulting, regions by usha on September 18th, 2007
Who has not heard of Grameen phone ladies? In 1997, GrameenPhone (a for-profit affiliate of Grameen Bank) piloted an innovative concept called the Village Phone Program. GrameenPhone would lend money to village women under this program. Women buy a cell phone and airtime from GrameenPhone to become phone ladies. They start a service business renting out their phone and airtime to other villagers. Villagers talk to their friends and family dispersed all over the world. Villagers pay money to phone ladies. Phone ladies make a handsome profit. Phone ladies buy more airtime from GrameenPhone. GrameenPhone makes a good profit. And everyone lived happily ever after. Read More »
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