Development Initiatives

Digital Governance Initiative is a virtual network of over 2800 E-governance policymakers and practitioners from developing countries. The Initiative identifies and propagates innovative e-governance models which are suited for developing countries. The models are based on strategic application of knowledge and information technologies to create an e-governance system which is citizen specific and addressess a particular development concern, viz: lack of information, corruption, bureaucracy etc.

Quench your need here for the latest views, news and concepts in ICTs for development in India.

A really dynamic site that keeps track of global activity and the promotional campaign for the Millenium Development Goals.

From their site: "Our mission is to inspire and empower a
global network of communities generating and sharing solutions. CatComm connects communities through spaces both physical and virtual."

They seem to be doing some great work in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The Open Content Alliance (OCA) represents the collaborative efforts of a group of cultural, technology, nonprofit, and governmental organizations from around the world that will help build a permanent archive of multilingual digitized text and multimedia content. Content in the OCA archive will be accessible soon through this website and through Yahoo!

Drishtee is an organizational platform for developing IT enabled services to rural masses through a kiosk based revenue model. The services it enables include access to government programs and benefits, market related information, and private information exchanges and transactions.

Given that Africa is the most unwired continent in the world, most of its internal communication (voice, data, and video) has to be resolved internationally. This cost the continent a fortune hence the cost of communications is significantly higher in Africa than elsewhere in the world.