Rwanda invests in connecting the young

A deeply encouraging and inspiring report from Rory Cellan Jones on the One Laptop per Child policy being rolled out in Rwanda - a policy that aims to equip 100,000 students with access to the internet. Are there more important priorities than building an IT infrastructure such as meeting people’s basic needs and wants? Or can technology transform the economy just fifteen years after the genocide?

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AS Macro Revision: Investment Spending [12 Mar 2011]
Chinese and Indian Railways - Importance of Infrastructure [25 Feb 2011]
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Indian Economy Chartroom [21 May 2010]
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UK Economy Revision: Productivity [2 Apr 2010]
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Infrastructure investment to keep the Chinese economy driving forward [15 Sep 2009]
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India’s Stunning Progress [9 Jul 2009]
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Australia’s Broadband Superhighway [7 Apr 2009]
Q&A: Government deficit and current account deficit [30 Mar 2009]
Infrastructure and Growth (2) [25 Mar 2009]
California sliding [11 Jan 2009]
Cathartic recessions [19 Nov 2008]
Stacking weekends and the long tail [13 Nov 2008]
Back to the cave or a brave new world? [22 Sep 2008]
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