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Practical Aid Online
dgCommunities is an online network that gives practical assistance to people working in development around the world: helping a water engineer in Niger teach villagers about the connection between contaminated water and disease; strengthening the effectiveness of a labor relations commission in Swaziland; or improving a library and information center in Vietnam. > More on dgCommunitiesKnowledge is Power
A farmer who knows current prices in a nearby market can negotiate a better deal from the middleman who purchases his crop. A nonprofit agency with access to government budget information can pressure a municipal government on how it spends for social services. A government official who understands the priorities and programs of another department can take steps to coordinate efforts.With half of the world’s Internet users now in developing countries, the potential to share information and best practices for development, and to cooperate in the pursuit of common goals, is greater than ever before. The Development Gateway Foundation is helping make this happen.
Grassroots Action
While increased access to information is an underlying principle of all the Development Gateway Foundation’s work, two programs are directly about knowledge sharing at the grassroots level.People from 200 countries use our dgCommunities online collaboration platform to find partners and practical resources in critical topics areas from HIV/AIDS response, to governance, to trade and development.
Country Gateway associates carry out the same mission at the local level, offering development information and knowledge exchange through their own Web sites, in addition to other services focused on e-government, e-learning and more.
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