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"In a society struggling to deal with the challenges of recent independence and where reliable information is notoriously inaccessible, broad availability of the Internet represents an ideal step towards a more informed population, able to more dynamically face its new difficulties. Addressing this gap is the program ‘School Connectivity for Uzbekistan,’ a unique project funded by the U.S. government and implemented by the International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) in cooperation with Uzbekistan’s telecommunications and education authorities." by Ari Katz, School Connectivity for Uzbekistan, at Digital Divide Network, December 10, 2004