Hello,
Bread for All and Comunica-ch, the swiss civil society plateform for the
Information society, just released a publication with the title: "Who pays
for the Information Society.
Challenges and Issues on financing the Information Society." It is available
on: http://www.ppp.ch/cms/IMG/Financing_IS.pdf (If you have a problem with
the direct link, you can go on www.ppp.ch, section politique, section
sociñÕé de l'information)
This booklet is in two parts. The first part is a critique of the debates
and work on financing so far conducted by the WSIS. The second part focuses
more on proposalsand aims to give a certain number of inputs to the WSIS
debate, especially on the issue of international public financing or
official development aid.
Detailed content:
Financing Paradigms in the WSIS Process
By Sean O'Siochru
Telecommunications Regulation: From the Omnipotent State to the Market Model
By JoõÍle Carron and Michel Egger
Official Development Aid: Illusions about Existing Resources and
Opportunities provided by Global Taxation
By Chantal Peyer
Multilateral Funds: World Digital Solidarity Fund: Between Great Ambitions
and Niche Strategies
By Marie Thorndahl
Best regards,
Chantal Peyer
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