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Tuesday, 29th November 2005

The Digital Divide Guide to Digital Opportunities: Measuring Infostates for Development

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Documents in the News
Just Released: Iraq
Source: National Security Council
National Strategy for Victory in Iraq (PDF; 392 KB)
"The following document articulates the broad strategy the President set forth in 2003 and provides an update on our progress as well as the challenges remaining."
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Digital Divide
Source: Orbicom
The Digital Divide Guide to Digital Opportunities: Measuring Infostates for Development
Country by country reports. 252 pages; PDF.
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Philanthropy--United States--Statistics
Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project
New Data Memo, 13 million Americans made donations online after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
Direct to complete report. (PDF)
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Poverty--United States--Statistics
Source: US Census
Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE): 2003
"Estimates of population and poverty for school districts, as well as income and poverty estimates for states and counties. Included are estimates of the number of poor children ages 5 to 17 in the nation's 15,000 school districts."
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Iraq
Terrorism
Source: Congressional Research Service (via FPC)
New, Combating Terrorism: The Challenge of Measuring Effectiveness
See Also: Improvised Explosive Devices in Iraq: Effects and Countermeasures
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Hurricanes--Statistics
Source: NOAA/NHS
Noteworthy Records of the 2005 Atlantic Hurricane Season
Additional charts here.
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HIV/AIDS
Source: Kaiser Family Foundation
World AIDS Day 2005 Resources from the Kaiser Family Foundation
This year, the theme of World AIDS Day on December 1, is "Keep the Promise," which seeks to focus public attention of fulfilling commitments in the fight against HIV/AIDS. In recognition of World AIDS Day, the Kaiser Family Foundation has several new and updated resources, including a new Kaiser Public Opinion Spotlight; updated fact sheets on the epidemic globally and in the U.S.; a webcast of the United Nations event in New York City; updated information from the CDC on statehealthfacts.org; country-specific data on GlobalHealthReporting.org; and a timeline of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

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