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  1. What's the biggest obstacle to #Rwanda becoming Africa's ICT hub? bit.ly/KBMF95 #ict4d
  2. RT @CGAP Eko Financial Services in #India leveraging #mobile tech & agents to offer financial services to the #poor. goo.gl/FK2Ho
  3. Blogged: The way forward for industrial zones in #India? bit.ly/KkGANV
  4. ICT as a tool for development? Officials in #Lagos are making it happen. bit.ly/MebOa1 #ict4d #Nigeria
  5. 97% of Afghans don't have access to financial services. Will launch of #mobilemoney service change that? bit.ly/JjfENp #Afghanistan
  6. Live on private radio airwaves in #Uganda: lessons in socio-economic development bit.ly/Lnivnp
  7. Dispatch from #Egypt: Starting a business gives women #entrepreneurs economic independence. bit.ly/LwGpTJ
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  9. Blogged: Have industrial zones in #India been an economic boon....or bust? bit.ly/L5GdII #SEZs
  10. #G8 Deauville Partnership committed to improving transparency, accountability & biz climate in Arab Spring economies reut.rs/K9P0I7
  11. Every $78 spent on #investment promotion = a new job. How well are national investment promo agencies doing? bit.ly/JyNkKG #GIPB2012
  12. What's behind the flood of Korean #SMEs to #Malaysia? bit.ly/KZtjM8 #entrepreneurs
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  14. Blogged: What explains huge #gender disparities in women’s economic participation in #India? bit.ly/Lsfet1 #thinkEQUAL
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