Articles by John Paul
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Thursday
March 2
2006Another Misstep for Microsoft?
Over the weekend, Microsoft posted information about the six editions of Windows Vista it plans to offer -- only to remove the information from its Web site a day later, saying it has yet to make a final decision. Interestingly, one of these editions appears to be a more limited version aimed...
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Sunday
February 26
2006Small Grants from a Big Institute
Thirty Chinese NGOs recently won awards totaling $650,000 from the World Bank. The winning ideas included projects that supply environmentally sustainable bio-gas to single mothers, create support networks for waste collectors, and establish community service centers to teach deaf youngsters...
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Friday
February 24
2006New Report on the Socio-Economic Impact of Mobile Phones in the Arab World
Earlier this week I wrote about the rapid rise in mobile phone penetration in emerging markets and the resulting impact on poverty reduction. Now a first-of-its-kind report titled ?Mobility for One Language, Diverse Cultures? details the socio-economic impact of mobile phones in the Arab...
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Tuesday
February 21
2006Cellular Growth and Poverty Alleviation
Hardly a day goes by where I don?t read something about the rapid expansion of mobile phone services in emerging markets. According to one recent article, ?industry analysts forecast that 80% of the next billion mobile phone customers will come from emerging markets. Africa, for example,...
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Thursday
February 9
2006Google’s Big BOP Bet? Bringing Wi-Fi to Africa
Google announced this week that it has selected Abuja, Nigeria as one of about seven African cities the company will fully connect with a wireless network. Although described as one of Google’s “social responsibility projects", the announcement follows the company’s proposal last...
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Thursday
February 9
2006Jhai’s take on ICT and development – a Social View
The following was written by Lee Thorn of the Jhai Foundation, originally sent to us via the Foundation’s newsletter.I think it might be useful to look at rural ICT and development from a social perspective. What works from this perspective? What doesn’t?What Jhai does is consulting...
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Friday
February 3
2006Putting Paid to Poverty
"Putting Paid to Poverty” provides a hopeful scenario for the development of the ’base of the pyramid’ over the next ten years. It was written by Allen Hammond, VP for Innovation and Special Projects and William Kramer, Deputy Director of the Development Through Enterprise...
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Wednesday
February 1
2006Value – New Magazine Explores Tomorrow’s Markets, Enterprises & Investments
?There will come a day when you will not be able to tell the difference between a for-profit and a nonprofit organization.? Those words, spoken by the late Peter Drucker to the Harvard Business Review in 1993, planted the seeds that have led to Value, the first new business magazine in a...
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