http://www.apc.org/en/taxonomy/term/1675 The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://www.apc.org/en/news/lac/internet-opening-door-development-rural-population <div class="abstract"><span class="locality">MONTEVIDEO</span> (Natalia Uval for APCNews) - <p><div class="img floatleft img_assist_custom"><img src="http://www.apc.org/en/system/files/images/Alumnos+de+centro+multimedia+en+clase+de+capacitaci%C3%B3n+inform%C3%A1tica.img_assist_custom.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-img_assist_custom" width="149" height="112" /></div>One hundred institutions in rural areas of Paraguay with access to the <a class="glossary-term" href="/en/glossary/term/258"><acronym title="internet: A set of interconnected networks operated by government, industry, academia, and private parties which allow computers and other electronic devices in different locations to exchange information. The internet includes services such as the world wide web, electronic mail, file transfer (FTP), chat and remote access to networks and computers. Style information: APC uses &quot;internet&quot; with a small &quot;i&quot; in all languages. Source: TechSoup Glossary and GenderIT.org">internet</acronym></a>. Poor indigenous communities experiencing contact with the world beyond their local surroundings for the first time ever. These are just a few snapshots of the outcomes achieved by Oportunet, a project launched in 2007 in Paraguay that has demonstrated the potential of the <a class="glossary-term" href="/en/glossary/term/258"><acronym title="internet: A set of interconnected networks operated by government, industry, academia, and private parties which allow computers and other electronic devices in different locations to exchange information. The internet includes services such as the world wide web, electronic mail, file transfer (FTP), chat and remote access to networks and computers. Style information: APC uses &quot;internet&quot; with a small &quot;i&quot; in all languages. Source: TechSoup Glossary and GenderIT.org">internet</acronym></a> as a door to economic and social development in the poorest communities.</p> </div> http://www.apc.org/en/news/lac/internet-opening-door-development-rural-population#comments ICT for development Open access paraguay wireless Latin America &amp; the Caribbean Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:05:56 +0000 analia 8068 at http://www.apc.org