COMMUNICATIONS: Afghan village mirrors national plight

COMMUNICATIONS: Afghan village mirrors national plight

This is the story of a BBC reporter's day spent in an Afghan village. He brought an internet connection and many questions with him.

Does this suggest any ideas for Sagam Village?

There are more relevant links to this Afghan story here.

DEVELOPMENT: "$100,000 Development Gateway Award Goes to India’s eChoupal"

DEVELOPMENT: "$100,000 Development Gateway Award Goes to India’s eChoupal"

The Sagam community may find both this award and its recipient to be of interest.

"Aid workers lament rise of 'development pornography'"

"Aid workers lament rise of 'development pornography'"

This is a link to the Monaco Media Forum blog, and I would be most interested in the reaction of the Sagam community to the article linked from that blog. Feel free to offer your comments here on Sagam blog, or on the Forum blog, or both!

It is an important issue and I, for one, am at least as interested in what the people of Sagam think of this as I am what media professionals believe.

"How to make poverty history: the central role of local organisations in meeting the MDGs"

"How to make poverty history: the central role of local organisations in meeting the MDGs"

Some of these essays may have some bearing on Sagam thinking about the Millennium Development Goals. Note that the entire book is accessible from this site.

"Malaria Fight In Africa Needs Better Donor Coordination And More Financial Help, Says World Bank Chief"

"Malaria Fight In Africa Needs Better Donor Coordination And More Financial Help, Says World Bank Chief"

This press release reports on a new World Bank program to combat malaria in 17 countries. The release says that the Bank will be talking with the Kenyan government, among other countries.

The people of the Sagam community have an opportunity to speak up and say what they think the World Bank should do to help them deal with the sourge of malearia.