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With the advent of new networking solutions, falling prices of satellite equipment and bandwidth costs, a `Health Network’ will soon be a reality in India. It will mean a world of difference to rural India.
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e-Entrepreneurship
[This article was published in the September 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
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World bank grants $55mln to Ghana for e-Ghana project
Ghana and the World Bank have signed two separate agreements for a grant of 55 million U.S. dollars towards the implementation of the e-Ghana Project and the Education for All-Fast Track Initiative (EFA-FTI).
GDLN is using Elluminate Live! to connect the world
Global Development Learning Network (GDLN), a worldwide partnership of independent learning centres established by the World Bank, is to use Elluminate Live! Academic Edition for training and collaboration among the GDLN Affiliates in selected countries around the world on an experimental basis.
In Uttaranchal, we are at an advantageous position regarding e-Governance : Sanjeev Chopra, IT Secretary, Uttaranchal, India, India
Uttaranchal is at fairly an advantageous position as compared to the rest of the country. All treasuries are computerised. The payroll is entirely computerised. It is the first state in the country to do that. e-Governance would be internalized in the functioning of the government, says Sanjeev Chopra, Uttaranchal IT Secretary, in conversation to
Prachi Shirur of egov
World Bank approves $40 mln loan for Ghana
The World Bank Group has approved 40 million dollars loan to support the Government of Ghana to implement selected components of its Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for Accelerated Development Policy.
‘In Uttaranchal, we are at an advantageous position regarding e-Governance’
[This article was published in the August 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
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United Arab Emirates Knowledge Economy 2006 published
Madar Research Group has published United Arab Emirates Knowledge Economy 2006, the first complete assessment of the United Arab Emirates’ progress towards a knowledge-based economy.
ICTD Project Newsletter
[This article was published in the July 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
In December 2002, the Government of India approved a policy for the grant of licenses for setting up of Community Radio Stations to well established educational institutions including Indian Institute of Technology and Indian Institute of Management (IITs/IIMs).
Cabinet to take up NeGP phase I for approval
The Cabinet of India will take up the National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) Phase I for approval. The multi-million dollar project partly funded by the World Bank, would pave the way for implementation of mission mode projects for radically improving the efficiency of governance in the country through the adoption of information technology tools, if approved.
