Bridging the Digital Divide: International Development Research Centre

International Development Research Centre (IDRC)

français

Web Archives > Publications > Lasting Impacts > Bridging the Digital Divide

Topic Explorer

People

ID: 152499

Added: 2010-03-23 9:37

Modified: 2010-06-04 7:08

Refreshed: 2012-02-10 15:58

Click here to get the URL for the RSS format file

IDRC: Susan Murray

Creating Mongolia's information society

Mongolia — an isolated country sandwiched between the Russian Federation and China — has become a pioneer in using the Internet as a tool for development, through a lasting partnership with IDRC that continues today.

In a country where travel overland can be difficult, at times impossible, the Internet is playing a crucial role in bringing much-needed services such as education and health care to remote areas.

Cellphones are improving agriculture in Kenya

Poison centre network saves lives

Pioneering system made information affordable

Opening doors, broadening horizons. Information and communication technologies can increase productivity, build relationships, reduce poverty, and even help save lives. IDRC was one of the first development agencies to recognize these tools as a key means to foster development.

Multimedia

Unleashing the Power of the Internet in Mongolia
In the mid-nineties IDRC helped Mongolia install its first Internet service

Document(s)

Cellphones are improving agriculture in Kenya 2010-05
Kenya’s small-scale farmers have a new tool to help them break out of the cycle of poverty and declining productivity — the cellphone.

Creating Mongolia's information society 2010-05
Mongolia ― an isolated country sandwiched between the Russian Federation and China ― has become a pioneer in using the Internet as a tool for development, through a lasting partnership with IDRC that continues today.

Pioneering system made information affordable 2010-05
Developed in the 1970s by IDRC, a pioneering software tool is still helping organizations in over 60 countries store, manage, and retrieve information for development today.

Poison centre network saves lives 2010-05
Snakebites, food poisoning, exposure to toxic chemicals: all are potentially fatal if the correct antidote isn’t identified and applied — fast. Since 1988, INTOX, a computer-based program involving a global network of poison centres, has been providing those life-saving capabilities in minutes.

guest (Read)(Ottawa) Login