http://www.choike.org a portal on Southern civil societies http://www.choike.org/nuevo_eng/informes/4517.html We are told that we live in the 'digital revolution' era and that we can communicate across the globe as we never could before. In fact, restrictive copyright laws still act as a serious barrier to sharing and learning from each other. This is particularly true in countries of the South where three quarters of the population live. http://www.choike.org/nuevo_eng/informes/703.html The Beyond Tunis publication series was launched by Global Knowledge Partnership (GKP) to highlight efforts to advance the use and application of Knowledge and ICT for Development after the World Summit for the Information Society (WSIS) in Tunis in 2005. Its first two editions, popularly known as 'Flightplan 1.0' and 'Flightplan 1.5', collated inputs from more than 40 authors - practitioners and thinkers from across the globe. The latest issue, Beyond Tunis 2.0: Horizon, was published as a companion to the GKP-organized Third Global Knowledge Conference (GK3), held in Kuala Lumpur in December 2007. http://www.choike.org/nuevo_eng/informes/3010.html The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development's (UNCTAD) Information economy report 2007-2008 analyses the contribution of information and communication technology (ICT) to growth and development. It argues that the remarkable rise in the use of mobile phones could act as a "digital bridge" that would help many countries reduce the connectivity gap. In Africa, a continent where the increase in the number of subscribers and in the market penetration rate for mobile telephony has been the biggest, this technology can improve the populations's economy as a whole. http://www.choike.org/nuevo_eng/informes/3084.html The Telecentre Online Database is a result of the United Nations Development Account project entitled 'Knowledge networks through ICT access points for disadvantaged communities', which is being implemented jointly by the five United Nations Regional Commissions. The project aims to empower the poor and disadvantaged communities, women in particular, through transforming selected existing ICT access points into knowledge hubs of global knowledge network to provide, develop, organize, share and disseminate knowledge pertinent to these communities. http://www.choike.org/nuevo_eng/informes/2313.html In 2007 the World Intellectual Property Organization adopted a set of 45 ground-breaking proposals on how WIPO should reorient its operations to foster economic and social development within its 182 Member States. The Development Agenda proposals are intended to require WIPO to take a broader approach to promoting creativity and innovation, instead of focusing exclusively on maximizing intellectual property rights. Several ngos have submitted proposals to WIPO in the framework of a series of meetings on intellectual property rights. http://www.choike.org/nuevo_eng/informes/1109.html April Howard and Benjamin Dangl investigate the Paraguayan city Ciudad del Este, known in the American press as a "Jungle Hub for World's Outlaws", and a "hotbed""teeming with Islamic extremists and their sympathizers". Despite a lack of evidence, Washington and the media are asserting links to terrorism in the Tri-Border Area to advance their agenda in a region that is increasingly shifting to the left.