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WDR & partners at the WSIS
Monday, 21 November 2005
WSISWDR, 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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IDRC Supports WDR and LIRNE.NET Expansion
Tuesday, 14 September 2004

International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada, has become increasingly involved in supporting LIRNE.NET and WDR activities. Among their many activities supporting ICT development and applications in Africa in recent years have been projects at the LINK Centre, Wits University, Johannesburg.

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infoDev renews WDR support
Tuesday, 14 September 2004
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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New books by LIRNE/WDR network members
Monday, 21 November 2005

Community-based Networks and Innovative TechnologiesLIRNE/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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Bangladesh case study online
Written by Harsha de Silva & Abu Saeed Khan   
Monday, 18 October 2004

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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LIRNEasia at RIA! Annual Meeting for 2006
Written by Divakar Goswami   
Friday, 16 June 2006

RIA!Rohan Samarajiva represented LIRNEasia at the Research ICT Africa (RIA!), Annual Meeting held recently in Dakar, Senegal with a view to contribute to the discussion on Telecom Regulatory Environment (TRE) assessment that RIA! is planning to undertake. The five-day workshop held from May 26-June 2, 2006, focused on three areas: the 2006 RIA! research agenda, outcomes mapping and RIA!-NetTel’s regulator’s briefing. 

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CICT conference on mobile and wireless
Monday, 16 October 2006
CICTOn 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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Review of ICT-enabled Development in LAC
Tuesday, 17 October 2006

DIRSIDIRSI, 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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Mid-Cycle Review of LIRNEasia Research
Written by Divakar Goswami   
Thursday, 05 October 2006

LIRNEasiaLIRNEasia, 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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SA Journal of Information and Communication
Monday, 16 October 2006
LINKWDR's partner in South Africa, the LINK Centre, has published the 6th annual issue of The Southern African Journal of Information and Communication. Issue 6 can be ordered online and previous issues are available for free download.
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