
Information and Communications Technology (ICT) is an increasingly powerful tool for participating in global markets; promoting political accountability; improving the delivery of basic services; and enhancing local development opportunities. But without innovative ICT policies, many people in developing countries - especially the poor - will be left behind. UNDP helps countries draw on expertise and best practices from around the world to develop strategies that expand access to ICT and harness it for development. Working in 166 countries, UNDP also relies on ICT solutions to make the most effective use of its own global network.
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$100 Laptop Project Moves Closer to Narrowing Digital Divide (28th January 2006)
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Under the Memorandum of Understanding, signed at the World Economic Forum by UNDP Administrator Kemal Dervis and OLPC Chairman Nicholas Negroponte, the project's innovator and director, UNDP will work with local and international partners to design and develop programmes to deliver OLPC technology and learning resources to schools in the Least Developed Countries (LDCs).
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Botswana drafts ICT policy (16th December 2005)
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it was also in line with Vision 2016s objective of making Botswana a globally competitive and knowledgeable society through effective use of information and communication technology.
She said the project was co-sponsored by the government and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
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Last updated on 5th March 2006
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