A map of the network society

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Governments can promote the adoption of the Internet and allow its benefits to be enjoyed by a broader sector of society by encouraging investment and competition. This will help their citizens communicate with the rest of the world right in their own home communities, allowing them to be more productive and to profit from this productivity as they market their goods and services to the global economy. Those countries which discourage use of the Internet do not only deprive their people of the opportunity to join the world community, but also relegate themselves to second-rate status.

author: Dyson, Esther
International aspects

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Microcredit and IT for the poor

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The founder of Grameen Bank in Bangladesh believes that information technology (IT) has the capacity to remove the social and economic barriers of poverty, and allow individuals to realise the potential that poverty has suppressed. Grameen Bank offers microcredit loans to the poor to allow them access to the opportunities that IT provides.

author: Yunus, Muhammad
Social aspects, Information technology, Bangladesh

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Rich and poor alike need to speed shift to sustainability

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Increasing pollution is affecting the world's climate and demonstrates the problems of more and more development. The developed and developing world need to change their habits and increase the amount of sustainable development.

author: Annan, Kofi
Usage, Environmental aspects, Sustainable development, Climatic changes, Climate change

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subjects list: Economic aspects, Internet
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