Monday, July 31, 2006

Research On a Specific Community

I have spent the last few days trying to pinpoint a specific community of interest. I decided to begin by simply researching current technology in developing nations. Some of the articles of interest:

BBC Article: Is wi-fi good for developing nations?

AiDA - Accessible Information on Development Activities

UN ICT Task Force Site

After much thought I decided I was most interested in Latin American Nations as their developing communities contain many social, economic and political issues that cause much poverty, unemployment, corruption and civic unrest.

Research in Latin America's Social Situation:

The Educational Portal of the Americas published the following article in its Digital Library:
The Social Situation of Latin America and Its Impact on the Family and Education

UNIDO - United Nations Industrial Development Organization: Technology Foresight Initiative for Latin America

Bridge the Digital Divide - Latin America

I also read several pdf publications found in Social Sciences Databases which I will include in a later post.

From this initial research I decided I wanted to find out more about the Street Children of Latin America. I will outline my research from today in a separate post.

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