Membership of the Global West: Reflections about Globalisation and Third World ICT

Information and communication technologies are in the discourse around the development of third world countries an intergrated component. Development in the information society context means developing third world countries after model that entails making these to become like the western information societies. Through ICTs these countries obtain membership of the information society However this entails a number of problems and basis for further analysis:

India to have e-waste recycling plants soon (Sept 2005)

ExpressIndia - New Delhi, September 23: The boom in IT has a negative aspect as well: e-waste. It is a major concern for the Ministry of Environment and Forests. The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) will soon come out with the policy on e-waste. There are plans to set up recycling plants in Delhi, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Pune.

Logged in for the first time - quick post

Hello,

This is actually my first blog post ever - and I have to make it a quick one. The site seems interesting, especially when I'm starting to do my thesis on "ICT for development" kind of stuff. More accurately on telecenter technology, it's problems, solutions and so on. The viewpoint is not clear enough, but working on it. I might be asking advise, help or ideas once in a while - this seem

Foroohar, Where the Money Is (Sept 2005)

Foroohar, Rana. "Where the Money Is." Newsweek (05 Sept 2005).

The $1.6 trillion non-profit sector behaves (or misbehaves) more and more like big business.

If it wasn't for the raffia coasters and folk art in her office, it would be tough to tell Oxfam GB director Barbara Stocking from the CEO of a multinational corporation. She's got the no-nonsense manner, and the power broker's schedule. A glance at her summer calendar shows a meeting with EU Trade Minister Peter Mandelson, a fund-raiser with European business leaders, a prep session for a meeting with the World Bank president, a trip to the G8 summit in Scotland. Minions shuffle in and out, briefing Stocking on developments affecting Oxfam projects: tsunami relief, elections in Ethiopia, a Chilean earthquake. "Right, is that all the disasters?" she asks briskly.

Katrina People Finder

Here it is, Soenke

Katrina People Finder

Greenpeace flays Wipro's e-waste (Sept 2005)

I think this is a conflict waiting to be explored in greater detail ... note the emphasis on 'unauthorized' recyclers (i.e the environmentalist discomfort with informal economies) ... sooner or later, all of this will be incorporated into a cradle-to-grave e-governance apparatus, in the name of environmental safety, Soenke

"Greenpeace flays Wipro's e-waste." The Statesman (05 Sept 2005).

Supachai Panitchpakdi to Head UNCTAD (Sept 2005)

"Friend of poorer nations in globalization takes over as head of UN trade body." UN News Centre (01 Sept 2005)

1 September 2005 - Supachai Panitchpakdi, former Director-General of
the World Trade Organization (WTO) and a strong advocate of a fair
globalization deal for poorer nations, today took over as head of the

Zachary, Chinery-Hesse - The African Hacker (Aug 2005)

Zachary, G. Pascal. "The African Hacker." IEEE Spectrum Online (Aug 2005).

With home-brewed code and a little help from Microsoft, a programmer in Ghana launches Africa's first software empire

By G. Pascal Zachary n Photography by Eric Don-Arthur

The first time I meet Hermann Chinery-Hesse, he is pouring diesel fuel from a plastic jug into an electric generator. I am in the West African country of Ghana, visiting his software company, Soft Tribe Ltd.

Chakraborty, 10K PC Buzz (Aug 2005)

Chakraborty, Indranil. "10K PC Buzz." Financial Express (16 Aug 2005).

The Simputer, a much-talked about handheld device with some
functionality similar to a PC like e-mail, word processor and
spreadsheet, was the first milestone of an affordable digital product in
the Indian PC market. While this brilliant concept has not quite become

Hencke, Anger as British aid to Malawi spent on US firms (Aug 2005)

Hencke, David. "Anger as £700,000 of £3m British aid to Malawi spent on US firms." Guardian (29 Aug 2005)

The British government was under attack from development charities on
Sunday night for allegedly wasting hundreds of thousands of pounds on
aid to Malawi by paying it to American consultancies.

Two charities, ActionAid and the World Development Movement, accused the

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