The missing link in Papua New Guinea is accessible and useful information. Two major needs are capital and research on the demand, what is available and what is needed. Dr. Alexander Makeev People in rural Russian agricultural communities often think that money will fix their problems, but what they are really lacking is communication facilities. Agriculture is in bad shape in rural Russia. There is an abundance of academic materials to help improve farming methods, but these are not available to rural farmers.
Telecommunications is the solution.
While villages have phones, the phones are not reliable. Our situation is similar to other regions of the former Soviet bloc and it is to help share information with each other. The Internet plays a vital role in the exchange of information among these communities. There are 1 million Internet users in Russia. A third of them have signed on in the last three months so there is a large need for Internet training.