Resource Links
Fostering Digital Inclusion Worldwide
Digital empowerment can help transform lives and livelihoods for the better. But, accelerating affordable Internet access for 50 percent of the world by 2015 requires a wealth of resources. Follow these links to learn more about how to help make it happen.
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
- 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
Books
- Design Like You Give a Damn: Architectural Responses to Humanitarian Crises
by Kate Stohr and Cameron Sinclair - The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Eradicating Poverty Through Profits
by CK Prahalad - Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World by Bill Clinton
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
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
Regional Resources
Africa
Brazil
- 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)
China
India
- 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
Latin America and the Caribbean
Mexico
- 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
Peru
Russia
South Africa
- CIA World Fact Book on South Africa
- South Africa, from Wikipedia
- South African Government Online
- The New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD)
Sudan
United States
- DIT Funded Development Projects