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Global Organizations and Initiatives

• Academy for Educational Development
• America India Foundation
• Architecture for Humanity
• Ashoka
• Asia Foundation
• Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
• BRAC
• Bridges.org
• Camfed International
• CARE
• Carnegie Corporation
• Center for Global Development
• The Clinton Foundation
• Clinton Global Initiative
• Community Informatics Research Network (CIRN)
• Creating Hope International
• The Digital Dividend Project
• Digital Divide Network
• Digital Freedom Initiative
• Digital Solidarity Fund
• Dot-Com Alliance
• Escuela Nueva Foundation
• François-Xavier Bagnoud
• Freeplay Foundation
• GAIN (Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition)
• Global Digital Solidarity Fund
• The Globus Alliance
• Grameen Bank
• Grameen Foundation
• Heartfile
• ICWFD: Excerpts from "Lost Studies in Education"
• Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D)
• Initiative for Global Development
• Institute for the Study of Digital Inclusion
• International Commission on Workforce Development
• International Medical Corps.
• International Rescue Committee
• International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
• Internet Access for Everyone (ITAFE)
• The Journal of Community Informatics
• The Internet Society
• Kiva.org
• Millennium Project
• Miracle Foundation
• MIT Media Lab’s $100 Laptop
• NEPAD – New Partnership for Africa’s Development
• NextBillion.net
• One World.net’s Opportunity Channel
• Open Architecture Network
• Oprah’s Angel Network
• Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD)
• PATH
• PEPFAR
• Realizing Rights – The Ethical Globalization Initiative
• Rice University Connexions
• Room to Read
• Taking IT Global
• U.S. Chamber of Commerce
• United Nations
• United Nations Conference on Science and Technology for Development
• United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
• United Nations Information and Communication Technologies Task Force (ICTTF)
• Women’s Learning Partnership
• Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG)
• The Rockefeller Foundation
• The World Bank
• World Economic Forum
• World Resources Institute
• World Summit on the Information Society
• Worldchanging.com
• World Resources Institute Project: Defining Digital Dividend Opportunities
• WRI poverty reduction as a business proposition

Other Company Initiatives

• Alcatel-Lucent Digital Bridge Initiative
• Cisco's Least Developed Countries (LDC) Initiative
• Citigroup Foundation
• Danone Institute International (Dannon)
• Dell
• Digital Opportunity Initiative (DOI)
• E-Bay
• EBRD
• Google
• First Mile Solutions
• Gyandoot Cybercafe Network in India
• HP
• Inveneo
• Lenovo
• Live, Learn & Thrive (P&G)
• Microsoft's Digital Inclusion Initiative
• Motorola
• Nokia
• Pioneer Hi-Bred International
• Qualcomm
• SciDev.net
• Sun Microsystems
• TARAhaat Information and Marketing Services Ltd (TARAhaat)
• The TATA Group
• Virgin Green Fund

News Reports, White Papers and Case Studies

• "A Community Effort is Needed to Eliminate the Digital Divide," Opinion by Scott McNealy, Sun Microsystems, Computerworld, 15 May 05
• "Bringing the Internet To the World," Jonathan Krim, Washingtonpost.com, 29 Apr 05
• Doing Business with the Poor, A Field Guide (PDF)
• ITAFE Global Benchmark Study
• World Trade Magazine

Seminars, Conferences & Events

• World Economic Forum: 24-28 January 2007, Davos, Switzerland

U.S. Government Resources

• Business Incubation: Emerging Trends for Profitability and Economic Development in the US, Central Asia and the Middle East (PDF)
• CIA World Fact Book, 2007
• Dept. of Commerce
• Dept. of Commerce, International Technology Programs
• Dept. of State
• Digital Freedom Initiative
• Millennium Challenge Corporation
• White House Policy on Helping Developing Nations

Global IT Statistics

• Comparative Access World Map from First Mile Solutions
• World Internet Usage Statistics

Regional Resources

• LEAP Africa

• CIA World Fact Book on Brazil
• Guide to Doing Business in Brazil
• Improving public internet access in Brazil: moving beyond connectivity...
• Oldnet Website
• The Internet in Brazil: From Digital Divide to Democracy? (PDF)

• CIA World Fact Book on China
• The Internet in India and China
• U.S. Chamber of Commerce in China

• CIA World Fact Book on India
• Department of Information Technology
• Department of Telecommunications
• Loreto Day School
• Ruchika Social Service Organization
• SEARCH
• The Internet in India and China
• U.S. Chamber of Commerce in India

• Ciudad Saludable
• Inter-American Development Bank
• The Valentino Achak Deng Foundation

• CIA World Fact Book on Mexico
• Federal Telecommunications Commission
• Guides to doing business in Mexico
• Innovation Mexico
• Mexico Internet Society
• U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Mexico

• Ciudad Saludable

• CIA World Fact Book on Russia
• Russia on the Web
• U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Russia

• CIA World Fact Book on South Africa
• South Africa, from Wikipedia
• South African Government Online
• The New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD)

• The Valentino Achak Deng Foundation

• DIT Funded Development Projects

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