Chronicling the quiet revolution

Kommunikation total: Der siebte Kontinent
In 1998 Der Spiegel’s “Kommunikation total” issue profiled the global connectivity revolution underway and being accelerated by the Internet boom of the late 1990s. It chose my picture of a satellite dish and a ger in the Gobi Desert to symbolise this historic event. “The transformation of Mongolia from a largely rural nomadic society of […]

Kenya Reaches Mobile Phone Banking Landmark
By David South, Development Challenges, South-South Solutions SOUTH-SOUTH CASE STUDY Financial transactions and banking with mobile phones have been a Kenyan success story. Now, one service, M-Shwari, has reached a significant milestone in the history of m-banking (mobile phone banking): it was able to record a billion Kenyan shillings (US $11,926,100) in savings deposits in a […]
Peacekeeping, Peacemaking, R2P (Responsibility to Protect)
1990s
Top Reporters Offer Military Media Handling Tips
Somali Killings Reveal Ugly Side Of Elite Regiment
Does the UN know what it’s doing?
Peaceniks Questioning Air-Raid Strategy In Bosnia
State Of Decay: Haiti Turns To Free-Market Economics And The UN To Save Itself
U.S. Elections Update: Clinton is using Canada to keep control of Haiti
A Partnership For Progress: UNDP In Mongolia 1997
Starting From Scratch: The Challenge Of Transition
UNDP Travelling Seminar: Environment and Development | Mongolia 1998
Freedom Of Expression: Introducing Investigative Journalism To Local Media In Mongolia 1999
CASE STUDY 4: UN + UNDP Mongolia | 1997 – 1999
2000s
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