Notes for an address at the "Socio-Economic Development Discussion Forum V" at the Government Leaders Forum - Americas, Redmond, Washington, U.S.A., May 18, 2004
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2004
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IDRC, Ottawa, ON, CA
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Former IDRC president Maureen O’Neil addresses the challenge to better understand scaling up of social investments in Latin America and to develop better models for distributing technology adoption. One of the strongest paths to promote local capacity and technology diffusion will be creating alliances across other development sectors, such as health and education. She emphasizes the patience required in order to comprehend long-term benefits arising from open and free trading systems. When “geography matters” regional specificity in approaches to the transition to knowledge societies, also matters greatly.
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Meeting: Microsoft Forum, 16-18 May 2004, Redmond, WA, US
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KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INFORMATION SOCIETY, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, LATIN AMERICA, INTERNET, TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER, GLOBALIZATION, CAPACITY BUILDING, PRIMARY EDUCATION, INFORMATION CENTRES, CANADA, NORTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA