[bestbits] FW: Broadband Manifesto

[michael gurstein]

Anyone wondering why a grassroots/community informatics perspective is
necessary in the WSIS and related ICT4D venues should take a close look at
this corporate driven top-down techno-fantasy of what could/should be done
with no attention being given to how it might actually be accomplished on
the ground even after almost twenty years of similar pronouncements and
failed (and hugely wasteful) similarly top down initiatives.

 

M

 

http://www.itu.int/net/pressoffice/press_releases/2013/67.asp

 

Broadband infrastructure, applications and services have become critical to
driving growth, delivering social services, improving environmental
management, and transforming people's lives, according to a new Manifesto
released by the Broadband Commission for Digital Development and signed by
48 members of the Commission, along with other prominent figures from
industry, civil society and the United Nations. "Overcoming the digital
divide makes sense not only on the basis of principles of fairness and
justice; connecting the world makes sound commercial sense," the Manifesto
reads. "The vital role of broadband needs to be acknowledged at the core of
any post-2015 sustainable development framework, to ensure that all
countries - developed and developing alike - are empowered to participate in
the global digital economy."

 

Supporting Document

 

http://www.broadbandcommission.org/Documents/working-groups/bb-wg-taskforce-
report.pdf

 

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