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CONTENTS

1. Clearinghouse Users Express Interest in "Contributor Network"

2. New in the Digital Dividend Clearinghouse: GEM Software and HP's iCommunity Initiative (South Africa)

3. Make the Clearinghouse Work For You! Saved Searches

4. Digital Dividend Coming To World Bank E-Conference

5. Reminder: TEN & DevelopmentSpace

1. Clearinghouse Users Express Interest in "Contributor Network"

The Digital Dividend Team has been receiving a growing number of e mails from users like you, wondering if they can be of help as we continue to grow the Clearinghouse. In fact, your help is critical. In its fifteen months of operation, the Clearinghouse has grown from zero to 700 IT for development projects.

But we know that the number of projects out there is growing even faster. Our limited staff is increasingly hard pressed to keep up so we would like to capitalize on your support and encourage you to join us in identifying new and innovative IT for development projects serving those at the "bottom of the economic pyramid."

Do you know of a project that should be included in the Clearinghouse? We'd like to invite you to become a Clearinghouse Contributor and submit that project directly. To join, or for more details, please e-mail us. And stay tuned for a new Clearinghouse Contributors page coming soon to www.digitaldividend.org!

2. New in the Digital Dividend Clearinghouse: GEM Software and HP's iCommunity Initiative (South Africa)

8 new projects have been added to the Clearinghouse since our last edition of the Digest. Among the highlights are an enabling software and a new initiative from HP…

The GEM software provides a means for determining whether ICTs are really improving women's lives and gender relations, helping managers integrate gender analysis into evaluations of initiatives that use ICTs for social change. Read more

With an eye to business sustainability, Hewlett-Packard has inaugurated a new public-private partnership, the iCommunity initiative, to create sustainable economic and social development opportunities through ICTs in underserved areas of South Africa. Read more

Do you run a project that should be included in the Clearinghouse, or just know of one? Register and submit it now!

3. Make the Clearinghouse Work For You! Saved Searches

What kind of projects are you interested in? Microfinance programs that use handheld computers? Nonprofit education projects focused on the empowerment of women? The Clearinghouse makes it easy for registered users to mine the data according to their interests and specialties. If you find yourself repeating the same searches over and over, why not save them? You will then find your personal 'Saved Searches' at the bottom of the Search page every time you log in, making it easy to rerun that search whenever you need to.

Try it--register or log in at the Clearinghouse

4. Digital Dividend Coming To World Bank E-Conference

The Digital Dividend project will be discussing corporate strategies for bridging the digital divide during the World Bank Institute's upcoming e-conference on Corporate Social Responsibility, Education and Technology, November 18 through December 7. Log on during Week Two (November 25-29) to interact with us online! For background on the topic, see our What Works case studies and corporate strategy paper

Week One of the e-conference will address the role of business in education, and Week Three asks how corporate involvement in education can leverage the opportunities of ICTs. Participation is free and all are encouraged to register. For more information, click here

5. Reminder: TEN & DevelopmentSpace

The deadlines for projects wishing to apply for special opportunities offered by the Technology Empowerment Network and DevelopmentSpace are rapidly approaching! For more information, check out our Resource Marketplace