Policy Analysis

Internet Governance Forum: A Commentary on the Second Meeting

By Maja Andjelkovic on April 9, 2008

IISD advisor Maja Andjelkovic comments on the November 2007 Rio meeting of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF). She describes the meeting as "another sound step in building a new model for sharing governance of a global resource," but notes that very few explicit linkages between Internet governance and sustainable development have been made at the IGF.

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