NEWS

The following news is order of increasing world importance, and decreasing relevance to me.

I have accepted a role as one of the editors of the Information and Communication Technology for Development Topic of the Development Gateway Portal. I have also withdrawn from the role of advisor for the Knowledge Economy Topic. I continue as an advisor to the Development Gateway Foundation.

The Foundation has announced the first ICT Development Forum to be held in the Petersberg in Bonn, Germany. The Foundation, in collaboration with German donors, has decided to award a Petersberg Prize of 100,000 Euros for leadership in ICT for Development. Nominations will open in May, and the first prize is to be awarded next year.

Millennium Challenge Account: A New Compact for Global Development
This is an edition of "Economic Perspectives", a journal of the U.S. State Department, on the Millennium Challenge Account. The MCA is the major development assistance initiative of the Bush administration (so far). The issue includes materials by Colin Powell, Paula Dobriansky (Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs), Andrew Natsios (Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development), and E. Anthony Wayne (Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs). The site also has university and thinktank contributions, as well as links to materials more fully describing the MCA.