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Research - ICT Innovations for Poverty Reduction

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Year: 
2004
ICT Focus Areas: 
Technology, Research and Innovation


In 2002, UNESCO initiated a programme to innovate and research ICT applications for poverty reduction in nine project sites across South Asia. By comparing these different applications of ICTs, the answers to basic yet fundamental questions are sought. Can ICTs be used to reduct poverty? And if so, how?