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Two new resources prepared by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) explore economic growth in the Latin American and Caribbean region.

Click here for Latin America and the Caribbean: GDP growth per country (2004-2009).

Click here for Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2007-2008.

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The first billion internet users were connected because of particular privileges of access to infrastructure, the ability to afford use, education and geography, amongst others. The next billions to be connected to information society networks won’t have the same economic and social privileges and will have different reasons for not already being connected. These reasons need to be identified, targeted and built into information society strategies, business plans and partnerships. In this spirit, the GAID Inaugural Meeting (4-5 February 2008) was an opportunity to discuss and prepare proposals for the II Ministerial Conference on the Information Society, taking place directly after the seminar, and hosted by the El Salvadorian government.

The seminar and network initiative is the joint effort of the UN’s Global Alliance for ICT and Development (GAID), the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the International Development Research Centre-Institute for Connectivity in the Americas (IDRC-ICA), and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribean (ECLAC).

Go to the IDRC resource page for links to presentations, podcasts, bios and background documents for this event.

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[4-5 February 2008] The Regional Dialogue on the Information Society for Latin America and the Caribbean (DIRSI) is organising a session entitled “Regional Issues relating to National ICT Policies and Strategies for Achieving the MDGs” for the Launch Seminar of the Latin America and Caribbean Regional Network of the Global Alliance for ICT and Development (GAID).

The seminar will take place on 4-5 February 2008 at the Radisson Hotel in San Salvador, El Salvador, in the two days preceeding the II Ministerial Conference on the Information Society eLAC2007 in San Salvador.

Click here to go to the GAID seminar website.

Click here to see DIRSi participation in II Ministerial Conference on the Information Society eLAC2007.

Click here to go to the DIRSI website.
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[12 Sept 07] Hernan Galperin, on behalf of DIRSI, will participate in an ECLAC (United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean / Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe) inter-institutional consultation in Santiago, Chile, on 12 September. This special consultation is in preparation for the II Ministerial Conference about the Information Society (eLAC2007, El Salvador. 7-8 November 2007).