Stories about Development from February, 2010
Trinidad & Tobago: Working for the Tourist Dollar?
The Liming House is incensed by a campaign from Virgin Atlantic designed to “help the Caribbean”: “Both Virgin and the Travel Foundation appear to think that the only opportunities for...
Maldives: People First Language
Yafaau's blog, which logs the developmental progress of a child with Cerebral Palsy in Maldives, talks about People First Language, “a more respectful and accurate way of communicating” when discussing...
China: Upgrading a four star hotel
How to up-grade a four star hotel into a five star one? The answer is blowing it up and it can push up the China GDP as well. Here is...
Syria: Youth Rally in Support of Syrian Air
The US is imposing a series of trade and financial sanctions which are affecting the daily lives of Syrian citizens in several areas. Syrian youth use the Internet to protest the grounding of Syrian Air's fleet, thanks to the ban on buying new commercial jets or even spare parts.
Bangladesh: Slum Children For A Clean City
The students of the Dhaka Project, an organization which provides free education and health-care for slum children of Dhaka, participated in a community program called “lets clean Bangladesh” – reports...
Bangladesh: BRAC In Pakistan
Malik Rashid at BRAC Blog describes how BRAC, the Bangladeshi NGO, is teaching children in the town of Haripur in North West Frontier Province (NWFP) in Pakistan.
Who writes about ICT4D online?
After several months of dedicated analysis about how ICT for development is covered on the web, here are some thoughts from Global Voices about the online availability of information about ICT4D
China: Race and racial conflicts
C. Custer from ChinaGeeks interviewed famous Chinese blogger Hecaitou on race issue in China.
Japan: Tokyo underground
Pink Tentacle blogs about the six major rumors / urban legends surrounding the huge underground subway under Tokyo city.
