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GKD

The GKD  list (for Global Knowledge for Development') was set up by EDC  in mid-1999 and apparently ceased functioning in 2006. Periodically from 2003-5, GKD was also used for focused discussions for the DOT-COM Alliance  project.

Its purpose is described as follows:
"The Global Knowledge for Development List (GKD) was established to facilitate broad discussion of the role and impacts of knowledge, including information/communications technologies (ICTs), for sustainable development. ... GKD offers a major forum for the exchange of experience and knowledge. GKD examines a range of themes related to the use of ICTs for development..."

More information:

• Full discussion Archives 
• DOT-COM Discussion Archives 

My contributions:

1999

• Multilingual learning societies & ICTs , Sun, 28 Nov 1999 14:32:46 -0500 (EST)

2000

• Powering the ICT Revolution , Fri Feb 25 2000 - 13:44:26 AST
• Asmara Declaration & importance of languages , Tue Feb 29 2000 - 07:24:30 AST
• Keeping up with the pace of change , Date: Fri Mar 17 2000 - 09:09:40 AST
• Reserve TLDs to Finance ICT Access Projects? , Thu Mar 23 2000 - 07:04:44 AST
• NYT Article on Internet Impact in Villages , Mon Apr 24 2000 - 09:33:43 ADT
• Re: [GKD] Wireless Internet in Mali: An Update , Mon Jun 12 2000 - 12:02:51 ADT
• CFP: Technology & Indigenous Languages , Fri Jun 16 2000 - 14:27:33 ADT
• Re: [GKD] Internet vs Community Radio , Wed Jun 28 2000 - 08:19:43 ADT

2001

• [GKD] Re: Overestimating the Digital Divide , 02/28/01
• Current issue of Foreign Affairs on "Age of Technology" , 03/26/01
• Peace Corps IT position , 04/10/01

2002

• Re: [GKD] Digital Divide vs. Social Divide , Fri, 29 Mar 2002 20:30:29 -0800 (this was missing from the GKD archive but available on Mail-archive.com)
• Re: APC Launches Africa ICT Policy Monitor Website , 06/10/02
• Re: Digital Information Is Vanishing , 07/19/02

2003

• Re: Digital Freedom Initiative , 05/02/03
• Re: RFI: Proper Terminologies , 05/09/03
• Re: Bringing Connectivity to Under-Served Communities , 10/30/03
• Using Intermediaries to Facilitate Communication , 11/19/03
• Re: The Importance of Speech , 11/25/03
• Re: How Much Bandwidth is Necessary? , 11/26/03
• Re: Using Intermediaries to Facilitate Communication , 12/02/03
• Re: What's on the Horizon? , 12/03/03

2004

• Re: Geographical Information Systems and the Developing World , 01/08/04
• RFI: Recent Surveys of Languages on the Web , 03/03/04
• Re: RFI: Use of GIS in NGO Work , 09/20/04
• Software Localisation Developers Invite Your Input , 12/21/04

2005

• Multilingualism in Cyberspace / Panafrican Workshop on Localization , Tue, 7 Jun 2005 16:32:47 -0500
• Local Languages, ICT, and Indigenous Knowledge , Fri, 10 Jun 2005 19:22:09 -0500
• Re: [GKD] Local Languages, ICT, and Indigenous Knowledge , Tue, 28 Jun 2005 20:37:12 -0500
• Re: [GKD] Second Thoughts on the Pre-Paid Telephony Model , Tue, 2 Aug 2005 15:38:09 -0500
• Fwd: Knowledge vs. information societies (UNESCO report) , Tue, 8 Nov 2005 14:29:07 -0600

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