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Information and communication technologies for development and poverty reduction: The potential of telecommunications

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  • Torero, Maximo; von Braun, Joachim

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The variety of views about ICTs reveals that their role in development is unclear, especially without convincing evidence of their impact-and little research has been conducted on the direct and indirect links between ICTs and poverty reduction. This book, addresses several pressing questions surrounding ICTs. How do ICTs affect economic development in low-income countries? How do they affect poor people in these countries and in rural areas in particular? What policies and programs facilitate their potential to enhance development and the inclusion of poor constituents? The book presents researchers’ findings related to five critical questions. (1) What link exists between ICT growth and economic growth? (2) Do weak institutions block effective use of ICTs? (3) Have ICTs been adapted to low-income countries, and have they had an impact on SMEs? (4) Does household access to ICTs remain constrained? (5) Can ICTs play a role in providing pro-poor public goods and services?

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  • nan, 2006. "Information and communication technologies for development and poverty reduction: The potential of telecommunications," IFPRI books, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), number 0-8018-8041-6 edited by Torero, Maximo; von Braun, Joachim.
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    1. Juan Navas-Sabater & Andrew Dymond & Niina Juntunen, 2002. "Telecommunications and Information Services for the Poor : Toward a Strategy for Universal Access," World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group, number 14007.
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