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World Service,29 Sep 2003,22 mins

Technology, the UN, and poverty

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The United Nations believes technology can pull people, and nations, out of poverty. Attempts at creating an international declaration on investing in the internet worldwide is still some way off. Also cartoon characters from Hollywood get a make-over in Bollywood and how artists are painting in sounds and the latest technology news and views.

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