In my last post I argued that the collaborative web has its implications for development aid. And yesterday I read an interesting article by Mark Thompson from the University of Cambridge titled “ICT and development studies: towards development2.0.” The article is an attempt to highlight the potentials of the web for development, its push for [...]
From the monthly archives:
February 2008
[Published in the Internationale Politik magazine in December 2007.] How the participative Web 2.0 challenges development cooperation – and why this is a chance for development organizations Adyaka, a village in the heart of Uganda, needs a new trade school. None of the 4,000 inhabitants have the necessary skills to develop a business plan an [...]
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