Tag Archives: India
ICTs and Urban Micro-enterprises in Mumbai
P.Vigneswara Ilvarasan and Mark Levy have just made available the final report from their exciting and innovative IDRC funded research on the use of ICTs by urban micro-enterprises in Mumbai, employing fewer than 20 hired workers. This is one of … Continue reading
Filed under Entrepreneurship, ICT4D
Putting the USA in its place
Am I the only one who gets infuriated when I hear citizens of the USA referring to themselves as Americans, as though the only Americans in the world are US citizens? America is a continent, indeed for some two continents: … Continue reading
Filed under Politics
Indian biometric census – beware of the dangers!
India’s 15th census has just been launched (Times of India, newsy.com video), with the physical count of people due to take place from 9th-28th February 2011. Over the next year, some 2.5 million census officials will be visiting households across … Continue reading
Indian Visa Application Centre, Hayes
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS POST WAS FIRST WRITTEN IN FEBRUARY 2010 AND SOME OF THE INFORMATION IS NOW OUT OF DATE - from 23rd November 2010 a new online application system was introduced – details are available at http://in.vfsglobal.co.uk/. However, the information … Continue reading
Filed under Higher Education, ICT4D conferences, Politics
Can Miliband really be a serious contender for Europe’s foreign affairs chief?
There is no doubt that David Miliband is bright, intelligent – and on occasions charming. However, becoming Foreign Secretary seems to have gone to his head. He has made too many accidental gaffes, and too many serious errors of judgement, … Continue reading
Filed under Ethics
