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Enhancing E-government In Developing Countries: Managing Knowledge Through Virtual Communities
White Papers This paper reviews the role of virtual communities as a knowledge management mechanism to support e-government in developing countries. It explores the need for knowledge management in e-government, identifies knowledge management technologies, and...
[August 23, 2005, 0:00]
Network Evolution In Developing Countries
White Papers In particular, we will address the current challenges of the emerging countries TELCO’s: the existing network optimization, the introduction of broadband infrastructure, the handling of the long distance Voice over IP traffic and the VoIP...
[October 12, 2004, 0:00]
Agence Francaise De Developpement Unifies Offices In 60 Countries Through Oracle On Demand
White Papers AFD came up with an ambitious strategic orientation plan that called for extending loan offers to new countries and shifting investment focus to sectors with global scope such as water or access to social services.
[February 2, 2005, 23:00]
Identify Technologies And Applications Under "Biodiversity" And "Climate Change" (Energy Efficiency And Renewable Energy) And SMEs In 24 Countries
White Papers They also wanted to identify SMEs (Small and Medium Enterprises) involved in these applications/ activities in 24 target countries. An international management consulting company wanted business intelligence on biodiversity.
[November 30, 2006, 23:00]
One Laptop Per Child Available In Developed Countries Too
Blog It seems the rumours that the fruits of the OLPC project, or "$100 laptop" project as its also known, will be made available to consumers in developed countries is true after all. There seemed to be some confusion over whether the XO laptop would...
[September 24, 2007, 16:01]
Asian Countries Challenge US On Next-gen Internet
News The report in Nihon Keisai Shimbun, a Japanese business daily, said that the countries aimed to take the lead in Internet technologies, with a broad move to adopt IPv6 beginning in 2005. Japan, China and South Korea are reportedly planning to...
[December 30, 2003, 7:40]
GSM Spurs Growth In CIS Countries And Central Asia
White Papers Historically, the telephone penetration rates in central and eastern Asian countries have been low and much of the equipment is outdated. However, the governments of these countries have recognized the importance of telecommunications as a means to...
[October 12, 2004, 0:00]
DSL For Developing Countries
White Papers This article examines the potential of the DSL business in developing countries and provides guidelines at the strategic, marketing and operational levels. Adoption of as such an approach will have a direct impact on the DSL service uptake in a...
[October 12, 2004, 0:00]
Wealth Holdings In Developing And Transition Countries
White Papers This paper provides estimates of the penalty in pay associated with motherhood for women in 11 European countries, using highly comparable data collected in the European Community Household Panel. The analysis reveals that a family gap in pay...
[June 24, 2005, 0:00]
Sun Bases Prices On Countries' Populations
News Sun will sell its Java Enterprise System server software and its Java Desktop System for personal computers using three pricing tiers based on the United Nations' definitions of countries as "developed," "developing" and "least developed...
[March 3, 2004, 8:45]
Lindows Adopts New Name For Low Countries
Talkback The obvious reason for Microsoft to pursue all these expensive legal battles in so many countries (escpecially in places like Luxemburg where Lindows market share is extremely small) is to expend all of Lindows capital so that it can't market its...
[February 18, 2004, 16:07]
Developing Countries Get Free Medical Help Online
News The deal, brokered by the World Health Organisation (WHO), will enable almost 100 of the world's poorest countries to gain access to vital scientific information that they otherwise could not afford. Developing countries will be assessed according...
[July 10, 2001, 15:25]
Macroeconomic Fluctuations In Developing Countries - Some Stylized Facts
White Papers This paper documents the main stylized features of macroeconomic fluctuations for 12 developing countries. Also, analyzed are the effects of industrial country economic conditions on output fluctuations in these countries.
[September 22, 2003, 0:00]
Microsoft Picks Five Countries For Cheap Windows
News The software vendor is also working out the details of getting a starter version of Windows XP into two other countries, Wilderotter said. She declined to identify the countries but in a previous interview discussed Microsoft's initiatives in...
[August 11, 2004, 9:00]
Do Countries Compete Over Corporate Tax Rates?
White Papers This paper tests whether OECD countries compete with each other over corporate taxes in order to attract investment. Two models are developed: with firm mobility, countries compete only over the statutory tax rate or the effective average tax rate...
[May 25, 2005, 0:00]
Media Center To Hit Another Five Countries
News Microsoft plans to announce on Monday that its Media Center operating system is moving into new countries, even as the software maker works to make the entertainment software more ready for prime time.
[May 10, 2004, 9:40]
What About Voilation Done By Companies From EU In Other Countries
Talkback Especially into developing countries where well defined and registered IP cannot be saved because companies are flagarantly voilating IP. Look at the recent article in an Indian daily http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?
[March 19, 2007, 17:54]
Convergence At Last?: Evidence From Transition Countries
White Papers This paper re-examines the hypotheses of absolute and conditional convergence for a sample of 25 transition countries over the period from 1990 to 2002. After splitting the sample into three four year periods, the hypotheses are confirmed only for...
[May 31, 2005, 0:00]
Lindows Adopts New Name For Low Countries
News Dutch citizens deserve the same choices that are currently available to the citisens of more than one hundred countries around the world," Lindows chief executive Michael Robertson said in the statement.
[February 18, 2004, 7:20]
Scandinavian Countries Take E-government Lead
News Few European countries will be able to meet the region-wide goal of getting all government services online by 2005, according to a study by IDC released this week, which projected that e-government spending will nearly double in the next five years.
[December 17, 2003, 16:45]
