Content update - Knowledge Economy

1. A fair share for coffee producers
2. The Foundation CERGE-EI
3. The African e-Index for SMEs
4. Convergence and Regulation in West and Central Africa
5. African Union summit & rural innovation
6. International Symposium on Forestry and Environment, Kaluthara, Sri Lanka
7. The Center for Women and Information Technology
8. Engendering ICT for development and role of women in ICT-based knowledge economy
9. The Women in Global Science and Technology
10. The European Association for Women in Science, Engineering and Technology
11. The Daniel Langlois Foundation for Art, Science, and Technology
12. Ten Guiding Principles for Knowledge Management in E-government
13. The Eradication Scinario of Poliomyelitis by Pulse Polio Vaccination in India
14. Evaluation of World Bank Research
15. Wikileaks
16. The Malnutrition Index
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1. A fair share for coffee producers
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/knowledge/rc/ItemDetail.do~1086794?intcmp=700
In this article, Bart Slob describes some issues and challenges with regard to the distribution of value along mainstream and Fair Trade coffee chains.

The article was published as a chapter in A. Osterhaus (ed.), Business unusual:
successes and challenges ...
Contributed by Bart Slob on 10 January, 2007

2. The Foundation CERGE-EI
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/knowledge/rc/ItemDetail.do~1086852?intcmp=700
CERGE-EI is joint workplace in the field of economics, associating two highly respected institutions, the Charles University in Prague and the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic.
The Centre for Economic Research and Graduate Education of Charles University ...
Contributed by Giulia D'Amico on 11 January, 2007

3. The African e-Index for SMEs
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/knowledge/rc/ItemDetail.do~1086862?intcmp=700
Research ICT Africa! (RIA!) has published a new chapter in their e-Index research. At the end of 2006 the report Towards an African e-Index: SME e-Access and Usage Across 14 African countries was published. The SME e- Access and Usage survey was carried out across ...
Contributed by bruce girard on 11 January, 2007

4. Convergence and Regulation in West and Central Africa http://topics.developmentgateway.org/knowledge/rc/ItemDetail.do~1086867?intcmp=700
The Centre sur les politiques internationales des TIC Afrique du Centre en de l'Ouest (CIPACO) has published a report on regulation Central and West Africa in the time of convergence: Régulation des communications électroniques à lheure de la convergence: enjeux ...
Contributed by bruce girard on 11 January, 2007

5. African Union summit & rural innovation http://topics.developmentgateway.org/knowledge/rc/ItemDetail.do~1086873?intcmp=700
This article was written by Dr Monty Jones and published by the CTA, Knowledge for Development Program supporting dialogue on S&T for agricultural and rural development. From the introduction: "The African Unions Science and Technology consolidated Plan of Action ...
Contributed by Thomas BEKKERS on 11 January, 2007

6. International Symposium on Forestry and Environment, Kaluthara, Sri Lanka http://topics.developmentgateway.org/knowledge/rc/ItemDetail.do~1086880?intcmp=700
The 11th Forestry and Environment symposium organized by the Department of Forestry and Environmental Science of the University of Sri Jayewardenapura, Sri Lanka was held from 22-23 December 2006 at Kaluthara. A total of 119 papers relating to forestry, environment ...
Contributed by Anura Widanapathirana on 11 January, 2007

7. The Center for Women and Information Technology http://topics.developmentgateway.org/knowledge/rc/ItemDetail.do~1086921?intcmp=700
The Center for Women and Information Technology (CWIT), established at the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) in July 1998, is dedicated to providing global leadership in achieving women's full participation in all aspects of information technology ...
Contributed by Thomas BEKKERS on 12 January, 2007

8. Engendering ICT for development and role of women in ICT-based knowledge economy http://topics.developmentgateway.org/knowledge/rc/ItemDetail.do~1086922?intcmp=700
This Back to Office Report was nicely submitted by Samia Melhem, Senior Operations Officer working at the World Bank Group. An international meeting on Re-Engineering Development: Engendering ICTs was sponsored by UNESCO; the Center for Women and Information Technology ...
Contributed by Thomas BEKKERS on 12 January, 2007

9. The Women in Global Science and Technology http://topics.developmentgateway.org/knowledge/rc/ItemDetail.do~1086923?intcmp=700
WIGSAT is an international non-profit organization. Its goal is to promote the development and dissemination of science and technology (including ICTs) which enable women, especially those living in developing countries, to contribute to and benefit from growth ...
Contributed by Thomas BEKKERS on 12 January, 2007

10. The European Association for Women in Science, Engineering and Technology http://topics.developmentgateway.org/knowledge/rc/ItemDetail.do~1086924?intcmp=700
WiTEC was formed as a network in 1988 and after more than ten years of networking and project activities related to women and SET, established itself as a non-profit European association in May 2001.

Currently there are 12 WiTEC national network co-ordinators ...
Contributed by Thomas BEKKERS on 12 January, 2007

11. The Daniel Langlois Foundation for Art, Science, and Technology http://topics.developmentgateway.org/knowledge/rc/ItemDetail.do~1086929?intcmp=700
Resource contributed by Giulia D'Amico. The Daniel Langlois Foundation seeks to advance artistic and scientific knowledge by bringing together art and science in the technological field. In essence, this means nurturing a critical awareness of technology's implications ...
Contributed by Thomas BEKKERS on 12 January, 2007

12. Ten Guiding Principles for Knowledge Management in E-government http://topics.developmentgateway.org/knowledge/rc/ItemDetail.do~1086950?intcmp=700
This is a paper which I contributed to First International Conference on Knowledge Management for Productivity and Competitiveness, January 11-12, 2007, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India and may be of interest to those who wish to introduce knowledge management ...
Contributed by Dr DC Misra on 12 January, 2007

13. The Eradication Scinario of Poliomyelitis by Pulse Polio Vaccination in India http://topics.developmentgateway.org/knowledge/rc/ItemDetail.do~1087028?intcmp=700
Poliomyelitis is one of the feared of all diseases in many under developed and developing countries;its tragic legacy of paralysis and deformity.
In India 548 cases so far of polio in Uttar Pradesh in the year2006 inspite of pulse polio programme has been a subject ...
Contributed by DR.PRABIR Dutta on 14 January, 2007

14. Evaluation of World Bank Research
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/knowledge/rc/ItemDetail.do~1087120?intcmp=700
Summary: "The Senior Vice President and Chief Economist requested an independent evaluation of all research activities carried out by the World Bank, both in its Development Economics Vice-Presidency and in other Bank units, between 1998 and 2005.

The evaluation ...
Contributed by John Daly on 15 January, 2007

15. Wikileaks
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/knowledge/rc/ItemDetail.do~1087126?intcmp=700
Wikileaks is, according to its website, "developing an uncensorable Wikipedia for untraceable mass document leaking and analysis." The primary targets of the creators of Wikileaks are oppressive regimes in Asia, the former Soviet bloc, Sub-Saharan Africa and the ...
Contributed by John Daly on 15 January, 2007

16. The Malnutrition Index
http://topics.developmentgateway.org/knowledge/rc/ItemDetail.do~1087176?intcmp=700
Malnutrition is a medical condition cropped up either due to deficiency of sufficient foods or by over eating(life style) of individual.

The Malnutrition Index is a measure of socio-economic condition which has been developed to achieve how to avoid malnutrition ...
Contributed by DR.PRABIR Dutta on 16 January, 2007