<incom> Spotlight on GK3: Financing Change in ICT4D

[Geert Lovink]

> Spotlight on GK3: Financing Change in ICT4D
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> Rohinton Medhora, Vice President, Programs, International Development 
> Research Centre (IDRC), will draw attention to the risk and rewards of 
> investing in ICT for Development in addressing the question of  “How 
> do we break the mould of ‘traditional’ donor financing to engage other 
> sectors?” at the Third Global Knowledge Conference panel on financing 
> change in ICT4D.
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> More: Financing Change in ICT4D: Innovative and Emerging Social 
> Investors and Donors by Rohinton Medhora
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> GK3 Sessions on Emerging Financing Mechanisms
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> ‘Financing Change in ICT4D: Innovative and Emerging Social Investors 
> and Donors’ will gather key representatives from traditional donor 
> agencies and corporations to highlight emerging forms of ICT4D 
> funding. They include UNESCO’s Abdul Waheed Khan, the Inter-American 
> Development Bank’s Danilo Piaggesi, IDRC’s Rohinton Medhora and 
> Microsoft’s Frank McCosker.
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> ‘Electronic Banking with the Poor: Emerging Technologies for Financial 
> Inclusion’ will show how innovative electronic banking utilising 
> mobile phone, ATMs, micro-credit cards and other new technologies are 
> achieving financial inclusion for people who are otherwise excluded 
> from participating in the digital economy.
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> GKP Event on the Future – GK3, Third Global Knowledge Conference
> "Emerging People, Emerging Markets, Emerging Technologies"
> 11-13 December, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
>  Find out how to participate @ www.GKPEventsOnTheFuture.org