ICT in poverty reduction

05.06.2006 Rural infrastructure development, particluarly improvement in road, telecommunication and electricity, has increased livelihoods opportunities for the rural citizens in Northern Bangladesh, concluded the participants in a recent workshop organised by Care Bangladesh.

02.06.2006 The increase in mobile phones tariffs, fuel and manufactured consumer products have pushed Uganda's headline inflation rate to 7.0 percent.

01.06.2006 I thank UDS-Telecentre and Plan-Uganda for setting up the first public access Internet services in Kamuli. Introduction of such services has saved a number of people the burden of travelling long distances to acquire the same elsewhere.

01.06.2006 In this book entitled "Perceptions and practice: An anthology of impact assessment experiences" by Kay Sayce with Patricia Norrish provides the impact of several ICT-enabled developmental interventions in various regions of the world. Published by the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), the book explores the myriad effects of such projects through stories from the ground.