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Developers for Development: Using Open Source Technologies in Disaster Response and Beyond
http://wbi.worldbank.org/wbi/news/2010/02/25/developers-development-using-open-source-technologies-disaster-response-and-beyond
Technology can help overcome Mother Natureâs wrath.
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| Within hours of the earthquake, teams from
| the open-source and technology communities,
| as well as businesses large and small, began
| assembling exceptional civilian knowledge
| management capabilities through global
| networks of volunteers. This gave the U.S.
| government and the international disaster
| relief community unprecedented access to
| integrated and timely information about the
| disaster, some of which they used.
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http://www.afcea.org/signal/articles/templates/Signal_Article_Template.asp?articleid=2231&zoneid=200
Recent:
World Bank and Microsoft to promote development in Africa
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| The World Bank and Microsoft have announced
| a new partnership that will seek to
| reinforce social and economic development
| in Africa by leveraging information and
| communication technology (ICT). The two
| institutions today signed a Memorandum of
| Understanding in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on
| the sidelines of the summit meeting of
| African heads of state on the theme âICTs
| in Africa: Challenges and Prospects for
| Developmentâ.
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http://www.mynews.in/News/World_Bank_and_Microsoft_to_promote_development_in_Africa_N36969.html
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