Building New Bridges!
Building New Bridges!

[This article was published in the February 2009 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

The beginning of 2009 has been significant, yet full of extremes in the e-Governance and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) arena. On one side, US

MIGA supports telecommunications investment in Afghanistan
MIGA supports telecommunications investment in Afghanistan

The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), which is a member of the World Bank Group, has said that it would be supporting a new investment that will provide state-of-the-art telecommunications services in Afghanistan. The guarantee, which is of the amount US$ 76.5 million in coverage, will protect the investment against the noncommercial risks of transfer restriction, and expropriation.

ICT for Agriculture in Tanzania
ICT for Agriculture in Tanzania

[This article was published in the March 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

If a peasant can send a 40-page trade document from Tanzania to Cuba for just 40 cents of one US$, there is no doubt that modern ICT are cost-effective and hence efficient in poverty reduction.

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