• Asia and Pacific: Nepal

Asia and Pacific: Nepal

Development of standards for Nepali font

Improved data transfer and a wide-range of computer applications in Nepali language are the main results of a UNESCO supported project to normalize Nepali ?Devanagari? as the standard font for local language computing that was implemented by ?Madan Puraskar Pustakalaya?, a non-governmental organization based in Lalitpur, in Nepal. In Nepal the Nepali Devanagari font (language) was utilized by some organizations while others used fonts such as ?Preeti?, ?Kantipur? and ?Fontasy Himali?. The various agencies had customized the software for their own institutions and there were no common standard in the country. The lack of standardization limited the transfer of data and information from one font to another because various fonts had to be downloaded and kept on each and every computer in order to open any document.

(Added: Mon Sep 13 2004 Hits: 242)  Comment It | Details

Asia and Pacific: Sri Lanka

Research in ICT Innovations for Poverty Reduction

The study ?Research in ICT Innovations for Poverty Reduction? (by Don Slater and Jo Tacchi, UNESCO:, New Delhi, 2004 ISBN-81-89218-01-8) presents the findings of a comparative research of local UNESO supported initiatives in the use of ICTs for poverty reduction spread across a range of communities in South Asia, including Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, and India .

(Added: Fri Sep 17 2004 Hits: 244)  Comment It | Details