[IAEP] [bytesforall_readers] USAID has launched GlobalDevelopmentCommons.

[Edward Cherlin]

I take it back. They don't accept outside contributions. They don't
appear to accept new ideas from outside at all. %-[

On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 9:23 PM, Edward Cherlin <echerlin at gmail.com> wrote:
> FYI. We should list ourselves there. I'll go do that.
>
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> From: Subbiah Arunachalam <subbiah.arunachalam at gmail.com>
> Date: Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 5:08 PM
> Subject: [bytesforall_readers] USAID has launched GlobalDevelopmentCommons.
> To: fredericknoronha at gmail.com, bytesforall_readers at yahoogroups.com,
> chairman at mssrf.res.in
>
>
> From Peter Suber
>
> OA info on improving access to info in developing countries
>
> USAID has launched GlobalDevelopmentCommons.  (Thanks to
> ResourceShelf.)  From the announcement(November 24, 2008):
>
> ...The Global Development Commons initiative seeks innovations that to
> make knowledge more accessible and affordable to help people in
> developing countries solve social and economic problems. The Commons
> seeks to catalyze the international development community to become
> more open and collaborative through information and communication
> technologies.
>
> The site profiles successful applications of technology that improve
> access to information in developing countries....
>
>  Posted by Peter Suber at 11/28/2008 11:34:00 PM.
>
> What does the Global Development Commons do?
>
>
>
> Shares development information among those who need it most
>
> Builds communities around advanced tools for the dissemination and
> interpretation of information
>
> Innovates through competitions designed to bring the best new
> technology into development work
>
> Partners with other development actors, including companies, donors,
> governments, and non-governmental organizations, to heighten access to
> the best quality development knowledge
>
> Invites new actors to engage in trade, development decision-making,
> and the pursuit of economic growth
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