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New books by LIRNE/WDR network members |
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Monday, 21 November 2005 |
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 LIRNE/WDR network members are involved in a number of book projects that were launched during the WSIS. Among them:
- Digital Poverty: The Latin American Experience
- Community-based Networks and Innovative Technologies: New models to serve and empower the poor
- Virtual Consulate Primer: How to design and implement an e-Visa programme
- Africa E-Index Household and Individual ICT Access |
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WDR & partners at the WSIS |
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Monday, 21 November 2005 |
 WDR, LIRNE.NET and our regional partners were both numerous and active at the WSIS and related meetings in Tunisia. Among the events where you might have met us were a full day seminar on Pro-Poor Pro-Market ICT Policy and Regulation, an infoDev forum on Do Policy & Regulation Matter?, the Research ICT Africa! full day briefing on ICT Indicators for Development: Measuring ICT Supply and Demand for e-Africa Policy and two IAMCR sponsored sessions. |
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WDR and LIRNE.NET at the WSIS |
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Wednesday, 07 September 2005 |
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LIRNE.NET and the World Dialogue on Regulation are collaborating with the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the World Bank's infoDev program to organise a one day seminar on Pro-Poor Pro-Market Regulation Reform at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS). Other organising institutions are LIRNE/WDR regional partners LIRNEasia, Research ICT Africa (RIA) and Diálogo regional sobre la sociedad de la información (DIRSI - Regional Dialogue on the Information Society). The seminar will take place November 17 from 08:30 to 18:00 at the Kram Centre in Tunis. |
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Bangladesh case study online |
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Written by Harsha de Silva & Abu Saeed Khan
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Monday, 18 October 2004 |
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The final paper of WDR's 2nd research cycle on Stimulating Investment in Network Development is now available for download. Regulation & Investment:Case study of Bangladesh by Harsha de Silva and Abu Saeed Khan assesses the lack of development in the Bangladesh telecom sector. Their work builds on the Telecom Regulatory Environment (TRE) assessment methodology used for the case studies of Sri Lanka and India. |
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Mid-Cycle Review of LIRNEasia Research |
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Written by Divakar Goswami
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Thursday, 05 October 2006 |
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 LIRNEasia, WDR's partner in Asia, held a mid-cycle research review of two of its central research programs, the Six Country Indicators study and the Shoestrings2 project, at Habarana in central Sri Lanka. The meeting brought together LIRNEasia researchers from five countries, media experts, research partners from AC Nielsen and external observers from the ICT Agency of Sri Lanka for five intensive days of presentations, evaluation, discussion and planning.
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Tuesday, 17 October 2006 |
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 The LINK Centre and the Mandela Institute hosted Points of Convergence: A Regulation Workshop on 5 October.
For more information, read Guy Berger's column in the 11 October issue of the Mail&Guardian Online and download the workshop presentations from the LINK Centre website. |
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infoDev renews WDR support |
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Tuesday, 14 September 2004 |
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WDR was initiated by infoDev with a 3 year grant, which terminated in June 2004. It has been one of infoDev's Flagship projects. With infoDev now under the leadership of Mostafa Terrab, the programme has been under review in light of a more focused vision on integrating and synthesizing practical information delivered in timely fashion to ICT policymakers, regulators and those involved with applications and implementation. |
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CICT conference on mobile and wireless |
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Monday, 16 October 2006 |
 On 30 November and 1 December 2006, the Center for Information and Communication Technologies (CICT), WDR's partner at the Technical University of Denmark, will hold its third international conference on Mobile and wireless content, services and networks - Short-term and long-term development trends. |
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WDR Expert Forum in Singapore |
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Tuesday, 13 February 2007 |
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A World Dialogue on Regulation (WDR) Expert Forum on Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Sector and Regulatory Performance Indicators will be held from March 2-3, 2007 in Singapore. The event is organized by the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), in partnership with LIRNEasia and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada. |
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Review of ICT-enabled Development in LAC |
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Tuesday, 17 October 2006 |
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 DIRSI, a WDR partner in Latin America and the Caribbean, is collaborating with the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) to conduct a Review of ICT-enabled Development in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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