This article explores how online repositories are being used to store and share e-learning content, and show how taking the user perspective might challenge the emerging approaches to repository development.

'Doing Business (DB), an annual World Bank-IFC publication launched in 2004, is one of the Bank Group's flagship knowledge products. It
measures the burden of selected business regulations in 178 countries and ranks the countries on 10 dimensions. The program's stated objective is to advance the World Bank Group's private sector development agenda in four ways: motivate reforms through country benchmarking; inform the design of reforms; enrich international initiatives on development effectiven more...

This is a short policy statement by four major Associations in the field of higher education -- the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC), the American Council on Education (ACE), the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA), and the International Association of Universities (IAU).

The curricular changes based on the National Curriculum Framework (2005) have enfolded
Economics education at the school level. This article reviews in detail the imperative for and
the main elements of the change, and argues that the issues involved merit the attention of
professional economists.

'Livelihoods Assessment and Analysis' is the part of a series of food security e-learning courses, with related training resources, produced by the EC-FAO Food Security Program. This course introduces the concepts and tools used in food security analysis. It also provides guidelines on using conceptual frameworks for analyzing food security.

This site is intended for anyone who is involved or interested in education and development in Africa or, more generally, people who are working in developing countries in the areas of development communication or education. 
The site mainly comprises annotated lists of links to relevant sites of interest, and the emphasis is on distance education:

This page covers the basic definitions regarding copyrights. It has been written using the Berne Union for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Property (Berne Convention) as the main bibliographical source, and does not refer to the laws of any country in particular. Therefore, comparing this document to the particular laws of your country may arise in discrepancies. However, copyright laws vary from country to country but as a rule do not contravene or provide less copyright protection than more...

Max, The IT Pro, contributes to Open Source Software Proliferation with his article on iBurst that follows here: This blog is my personal area in cyber space where I can discuss and share tips (or news) on numerous topics & issues relating to the fast-paced world of Information Technology such as: PDAs, Linux, Python, databases, Windows, Pocket PCs, Open Source software, BSD Unix (Free/Net/Open BSD), WiFi/WiMAX, ERP/CRM, programming/software development, IT politics, and much more. Enjoy the ri more...

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Ghana’s fastest wireless broadband modem!
The iBlink modem can be connected to a single computer or attached to a local more...

BBC News: Wednesday, 31 October 2007, 12:06 GMT

Africa needs to embrace wireless broadband as a potential solution to the digital divide, the chairman of Intel Craig Barrett has said.
"It's cheaper, easier and more efficient to communicate wirelessly," he told the BBC News website.

Less than 1% of Africans have access to broadband and only 4% use the net.

The International Telecommunications Union has predicted that the Intel-backed Wimax system could become the dominant mobile st more...