[governance] FW: Broadband Manifesto

[Robert Pollard]

Corrected url for Press Release

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

Robert

On Sun, Dec 1, 2013 at 4:25 PM, michael gurstein <gurstein at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
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> http://www.itu.int/net/pressoffice/press_releases/2013/67.asp
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> 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.”
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> Supporting Document
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> http://www.broadbandcommission.org/Documents/working-groups/bb-wg-taskforce-report.pdf
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