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Bangladesh: Communication divides

Friday, January 27th, 2006 @ 19:32 UTC

by Neha Viswanathan

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The Global Connectivity and Exchange Program (www.connect-bangladesh.org) revolves around exchanging information about people and culture over the world wide web. For the most part, that means working in the English language. An interesting move in South Asia where platforms and language may turn out to be more of a barrier than internet penetration.

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