Information and communication technologies for development and poverty reduction: The potential of telecommunications
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 surrou...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2006
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| author | Torero, Maximo von Braun, Joachim |
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| description | 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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| spelling | CGSpace1581412025-12-08T10:11:39Z Information and communication technologies for development and poverty reduction: The potential of telecommunications Torero, Maximo von Braun, Joachim Information and Communication Technologies development poverty reduction economic development developing countries access to information 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? 2006 2024-10-24T15:54:30Z 2024-10-24T15:54:30Z Book https://hdl.handle.net/10568/158141 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160695 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Torero, Maximo and von Braun, Joachim, eds. 2006. Information and communication technologies for development and poverty reduction: The potential of telecommunications. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/158141 |
| spellingShingle | Information and Communication Technologies development poverty reduction economic development developing countries access to information Torero, Maximo von Braun, Joachim Information and communication technologies for development and poverty reduction: The potential of telecommunications |
| title | Information and communication technologies for development and poverty reduction: The potential of telecommunications |
| title_full | Information and communication technologies for development and poverty reduction: The potential of telecommunications |
| title_fullStr | Information and communication technologies for development and poverty reduction: The potential of telecommunications |
| title_full_unstemmed | Information and communication technologies for development and poverty reduction: The potential of telecommunications |
| title_short | Information and communication technologies for development and poverty reduction: The potential of telecommunications |
| title_sort | information and communication technologies for development and poverty reduction the potential of telecommunications |
| topic | Information and Communication Technologies development poverty reduction economic development developing countries access to information |
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