The programme, which provides a UNESCO Global Network on Water and Development Information for Arid Lands was established in 2004 to strengthen the global capacity for management of water resources in arid and semi-arid regions.

UNESCO: In Memoriam: Professor W. Mike Edmunds

The most recent issue contained articles about using the Internet for education and about the EDGAR database of corporate information maintained by America's Securities and Exchange Commission, all electronically linked to the resources on the network that they describe.

ECONOMIST: From the archive