Great news for people who are interested in social sciences, development, and free and open research: The World Bank is promising to open up its vast resources and make them freely available for the benefit of everyone.

WASHINGTON, April 10, 2012 - The World Bank today announced that it will implement a new Open Access policy for its research outputs and knowledge products, effective July 1, 2012. The new policy …

FAIR is working to provide a huge collection of Libre Knowledge, ie. knowledge that is shared freely and for free. Also known under terms such as Open Access, Open Content or Creative Commons.

But because Internet access is still problematic to give to schools with >1,000 students, we have opted for local area networks. We have the equipment (cables, switches) to provide this and to provide a reasonable server. And …