Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
MAY 17, 2013
So I was recently taken by surprise when I discovered by mere coincidence that he had become the Chief of Staff for the Interim President of Paraguay, Federico Franco! It was a daring venture: Paraguay was then still under a military dictatorship and it was extremely difficult to advance social work. and Africa.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 25, 2014
Self-assessment for the poor : Empower the poor to improve their lives with a simple assessment tool, the Poverty Stoplight, invented in Paraguay that helps them assess their poverty with 50 simple questions with three pictures showing the possible answers. Technology for Good The list could go on and on.
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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 24, 2010
This was first introduced (to my knowledge) in the Stakeholder's Platform discussions, which were the quickly ginned-up alternative option created in response to the original introduction at WIPO of the Treaty for the Visually Impaired ("TVI") by Brazil, Ecuador and Paraguay (and now co-sponsored by Mexico). The concept of TIs uses U.S.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
MARCH 31, 2006
I learned that my buddy Martin Burt was on the front line of a revolution in Paraguay when mayor of the capital city, by calling in garbage trucks and bulldozers to surround the congress building while the army was busy shooting people.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JUNE 10, 2009
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