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Open Economies - Is the Internet a Silver Bullet? [Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Is the Internet a Silver Bullet?
This is a MIME message. If you are reading this text, you may want to consider changing to a mail reader or gateway that understands how to properly handle MIME multipart messages. --=_3B615205.3F5E2B1A Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I want to support Iqbal's point about technology. Just as "high" technology= for its own sake may not fit a developing country context, so not using = the best technology available may be equally a mistake. This is pointed = out by some of the case studies on digital divide closing ventures we are = doing--summaries available on www.digitaldividend.org. A quick example = will make the point. Voice recognition is sexy new technology--check any = Sprint ad. But in a developing country context, that same technology can = enable illiterate people to interact with digital systems (computers, = phones, websites) to get basic information or do simple transactions.=20 Dr. Allen L. Hammond Chief Information Officer and Senior Scientist World Resources Institute 10 G St., NE Washington, DC 20002 direct dial: (202)729-7777 fax: (202)729-7775 www.digitaldividend.org Program Assistant: Beth Jenkins ph: (202)729-7797 ________________________________________________ Join the trend! Visit http://EarthTrends.wri.org for up to date, accurate, environmental information. --=_3B615205.3F5E2B1A Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: HTML <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1"= > <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4522.1800" name=3DGENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style=3D"MARGIN-TOP: 2px; FONT: 8pt MS Sans Serif; MARGIN-LEFT: = 2px"> <DIV><FONT size=3D1>I want to support Iqbal's point about technology. Just = as=20 "high" technology for its own sake may not fit a developing country = context, so=20 not using the best technology available may be equally a mistake. This = is=20 pointed out by some of the case studies on digital divide closing ventures = we=20 are doing--summaries available on <A=20 href=3D"http://www.digitaldividend.org";>www.digitaldividend.org</A>. A = quick=20 example will make the point. Voice recognition is sexy new technology--chec= k any=20 Sprint ad. But in a developing country context, that same technology can = enable=20 illiterate people to interact with digital systems (computers, phones, = websites)=20 to get basic information or do simple transactions. </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV><FONT size=3D1> <DIV><BR>Dr. Allen L. Hammond<BR>Chief Information Officer and Senior=20 Scientist<BR>World Resources Institute<BR>10 G St., NE<BR>Washington, = DC=20 20002<BR>direct dial: (202)729-7777<BR>fax: (202)729-7775<BR><A=20 href=3D"http://www.digitaldividend.org";>www.digitaldividend.org</A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Program Assistant: Beth Jenkins<BR>ph:=20 (202)729-7797<BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> <BR> ________________________________________________<BR> Join the trend!<BR> Visit http://EarthTrends.wri.org for up to date, <BR> accurate, environmental information.<BR> <BR> <BR> --=_3B615205.3F5E2B1A--
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