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Poverty and Digital Inclusion: Preliminary Findings of Finding a Voice Project
New Delhi: UNESCO (2007), 48 pp.
"This paper presents preliminary findings from a multi-sited qualitative study of poverty and information and communication technologies (ICTs) in India, Indonesia Sri Lanka and Nepal. It draws upon data gathered by 12 ethnographic action researchers working across 15 community ICT initiatives. Thes
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The Cell Phone: An Anthropology of Communication
Oxford: Berg (2006), xi, 212 pp.
"The book traces the impact of the cell phone from personal issues of loneliness and depression to the global concerns of the modern economy and the trans-national family. As the technology of social networking, the cell phone has become central to establishing and maintaining relationships in areas
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ICTs for Agricultural Livelihoods: Impact and Lessons Learned from IICD Supported Activities
The Hague: International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD) (2006), 76 pp.
"The projects described in this booklet were carried out by IICD and its partners over a six-year period and provide examples of the many ways in which ICTs contribute to poverty alleviation in the agricultural sector. IICD hopes to contribute to a better understanding of the opportunities of employ
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"As part of its initiatives to make Information and Communication Technology (ICT) work for the poor, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in collaboration with four countries in east Africa initiated and carried out a joint project on Pro-Poor ICT. The said countries are Kenya, Rwanda, T
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Digital Dividents for the Poor: ICT for Poverty Reduction in Asia
Kuala Lumpur: Global Knowledge Partnership (GKP) (2005), 66 pp.
"This report aims to give an overview of what DAC members currently know about how Information and Communication Technology (ICT) use in developing economies can stimulate economic growth and poverty reduction. It draws attention to the cross-cutting applications of ICTs, to their role as tools, not
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Information and Communication Technologies and Large-Scale Poverty Reduction: Lessons from Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean
London: Panos (2005), 48 pp.
"During the last decade, development partners around the globe have gained rich experience and knowledge about the application of ICT for poverty reduction and its value for reaching the Millennium Development Goals and the goals of Poverty Reduction Strategies. But scaling up the results of success
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Research: ICT Innovations for Poverty Reduction
New Delhi: UNESCO (2004), 91 pp.
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for Poverty Reduction?
Berne; Richterswil: Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC); Gerster Consulting (2003), 35 pp.
Information and Communication Technologies, Poverty and Development: Learning from Experience
Washington, DC: World Bank (2003), 90 pp.
Livelihoods Approaches to Information and Communication in Support of Rural Poverty Elimination and Food Security
Overseas Development Institute (ODI); Department of International Development (DFID); FAO (2003), viii, 62 pp.
"It is widely acknowledged that a livelihoods approach provides a useful, logically consistent framework for thinking through the complex issues influencing the lives of the poor. In particular it draws attention to ways in which policies, institutions and decision-making processes influence resourc
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IT for Poverty Reduction: Sample Cases from Thailand
Bangkok: National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NEC-TEC), 2nd ed. (2003), 50 pp.
