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By vpadmin, May 26, 2010

Education is humanity’s best hope and most effective means in the quest to achieve sustainable development.
-United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

Worldwide, over the last decade, much progress has been made in achieving education for all: the number of children out of school has dropped by 33 million; the gap between the number of boys versus girls in school has decreased; and the adult literacy rate has increased, with the number of literate women increasing at a faster pace than men.

http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/641700/d32ff8f553/317018975/84cd70dec0/

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By vpadmin, May 11, 2010

In recognising that ICT is a key driver of global economic growth, the United Nations Global Alliance for ICT and Development (UN GAID) has taken a step towards creating a matrix of ICT solutions. This in efforts to advance the Millennium Development Goals (MGDs), which is the principal focus of the Global Alliance’s work in 2010.

http://www.itweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=33007:un-portal-promotes-development-goals&catid=69&Itemid=58

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By vpadmin, November 20, 2009

The objective of this paper is to show that increasing electricity consumption per capita can achieve improved social development and faster economic growth.

https://docs.google.com/gview?a=v&pid=gmail&attid=0.3&thid=11ecd43b8be0c971&mt=application%2Fpdf&url=https%3A%2F%2Fmail.google.com%2Fmail2F%3Fui%3D2%26ik%3D66fb69d8da%26view%3Datt%26th%3D11ecd43b8be0c971%26attid%3D0.3%26disp%3Dattd%26realattid%3Df_fpvsi16z2%26zw&sig=AHIEtbT4xbjAxH8Ve0SGSE4ko3fvvC0pzw&pli=1