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Open Data for Public Policy in Latin America and the Caribbean
Understanding an increasingly complex knowledge economy demands economic, social and environmental data from a wide range of sources.
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From Data to Development: Exploring the Emerging Impact of Open Government Data in Developing Countries
Releasing freely accessible, standardized, and easily readable government data can increase transparency and accountability. This open government data movement can foster greater civic participation and promote new business opportunities.
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Protecting Privacy in an Increasingly Digital Developing World
The rocketing growth in the number of people online and improvements in computer capacity are making it possible for governments and the private sector to collect and share information on every facet of people's lives.
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Rethinking Political Legitimacy: Citizen Inclusion and Social Digital Media
In Chile, a mobilized, invigorated civil society is using new digital technologies to transform political participation.
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Access to Law : is it here to stay?
Transparency of legal procedures is one of the tenets of a well functioning democracy. Until the arrival of the Internet, legal professionals and the public could only obtain primary sources of law through packages sold by commercial publishers.
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Information Society Innovation Fund Asia
IDRC's Pan Asia Networking (PAN) program initiative has about 10 years experience with small grants funding.
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Arab Knowledge Society: Who Represents the Arab World Online?
The Internet is often seen to be both an enabler and an equalizer, because it allows citizens a means to discuss their regions and businesses, to voice their concerns and to connect to the people they care about.
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Ecology of Access to Educational Material in Developing World Universities
The longstanding crisis of the developing world library is coming to an end, but not in the way most observers anticipated. Resource scarcity, limited holdings and poor infrastructure remain the norm.
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Linking African Farmers to Markets (eARN Africa)
Studies suggest that information and communication technologies (ICTs) are of some benefit to farmers, but how effective they are in linking small farmers to wider markets remains unknown.
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Rwanda Health and Education Information Network (OASIS-RHEIN)
Partners in Health (PIH), an international nongovernmental organization, has demonstrated the effectiveness of its open source electronic medical record system (OpenMRS) in eight clinics in Rwanda.