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Social Networking Websites: A Way Out of Poverty

By David South, Development Challenges, South-South Solutions SOUTH-SOUTH CASE STUDY Social networking websites also known as, Web 2.0 – the name given to the new wave of internet businesses and websites such as YouTube and MySpace that are transforming the way people interact with the Web – has been dubbed the social web for its power to bring people together. The […]

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East Africa to get its First Dedicated Technology City

By David South, Development Challenges, South-South Solutions SOUTH-SOUTH CASE STUDY An ambitious scheme is underway to create a vast technology city on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya. With information technology proliferating across Africa after decades of stagnation and underinvestment, a host of exciting new technologies have had to exist within structures not built for the 21st century. […]

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New Cities Offering Solutions for Growing Urban Populations

By David South, Development Challenges, South-South Solutions SOUTH-SOUTH CASE STUDY Across the global South, new cities are being dreamed up by architects, city planners and governments, or are already under construction. Two new urban areas being built offer lessons for others in the global South. They both deploy intelligent solutions to the combined demands of urbanization, growing […]

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Southern Innovator In Dhaka, Bangladesh: Public Service Innovation Workshop | December 2017

The following blog report does not reflect the views of the UNOSSC or UNDP.  Dateline: Dhaka, Bangladesh (9-11 December 2017) – From 9-11 December 2017, I participated in the Workshop on Innovations in Service Delivery: The Scope for South-South and Triangular Cooperation held in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Hosted by the a2i (access to information) division of the […]