Informative ReadingsDevelopment Gateway Special Report: "Information Society: The Next Steps"

Development Gateway Special Report: "Information Society: The Next Steps". Development Gateway. Online December 2005. Communities; special report featuring the information society is online now. As economic and social gaps continue to widen for those without access to information, this report will look at how the information and communication technologies (ICT) landscape is changing in the developing world and what lies ahead. The report was timed to coincide with the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) from Nov.16 to 18 in Tunis, Tunisia - and will remain online until January 15. It includes interviews on effective policies, promising applications and innovative business models with experts such as Charles Geiger, Executive Director, WSIS Executive Secretariat; Pierre Guislain, Manager of Global ICT Division, World Bank Group; Aimal Marjan, National ICT Advisor, Afghan Ministry of Communication; Sam Pitroda, Chairman, Indian Knowledge Commission; Danilo Piaggesi, Chief of IT for Development Division, Inter-American Development Bank; M.S. Swaminathan, Founder, Swaminathan Research Foundation; and Jimmy Wales, Co-Founder, Wikipedia. The report also includes collections of documents, case studies, statistics, surveys and research and statistics on tools and applications.