SPIDER Global ICT4D News

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The World Bank Group is launching a global consultation to gather
inputs from a wide range of individuals and organizations for a
new strategy that will guide how it helps developing countries 
mobilize information and communication technologies (ICT) for
poverty reduction and growth.

Interested parties can submit their comments and recommendations 
during one of the three dedicated live webcasts that will be held
this month, starting on Friday, February 4 at 11am EST (Washington
DC) http://go.worldbank.org/AMAYKG85X0 or via the ICT Strategy
website http://go.worldbank.org/NB9W9SEFC0 until March 31, 2011.

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The College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Nanyang 
Technological University, Singapore, invites applications for a 
postdoctoral fellowship in Information and Communication 
Technologies and Development. The specific topic is an 
investigation into the adoption and impact of mobile internet 
within a developmental context, focusing on South and/or 
South-east Asia.

Application deadline is 31 March 2011.

Read more at: http://bit.ly/h9cGkL

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Open call for articles on Tunisian and Egyptian Revolutions and 
the Role of Communication Technologies. The International Journal
of Communication is accepting papers for its Features Section
about the Tunisian and the Egyptian protests and their sequels in
the Arab region.

Read more at: http://bit.ly/h1XY6Z

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CTIC Foundation has opened a new Call for ICT4D Research 
Schoolarship. This call is intended to grant 5 scholarships for 
research in ICT for Development, ICT4D onwards, allowing 5 ideas 
to promote ICT4D presented by 5 persons residents in Africa in any
of the following countries: Ethiopia, Angola, Cape Verde,
Mozambique and Senegal.

The source of funds enabling the provision of these 5 scholarships
comes from funding from the Spanish Agency for Development and the
United Nations – Economic Commission for Africa in collaboration
with the University of Oviedo.

Read more at: http://linkd.in/flEMOj

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