Poverty

APDIP e-Note 6 on a Review of ICT for Poverty Reduction

   

Out Now: APDIP e-Note 6 - ICT for Poverty Reduction: Necessary but Insufficient

APDIP e-Note 2 on Poverty Reduction and ICT

   

This APDIP e-note examines the treatment of information and communication technologies in Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) of Asia-Pacific countries. PRSPs serve as a good starting point because they direct the focus of World Bank and International Monetary Fund concessional lending.

National Conference and Exhibition on Participatory Telecenter Services and Content Development for Rural Areas, Jakarta, Indone

   

This national conference and exhibition organized by Partnerships for e-Prosperity for the Poor (Pe-PP) aims to bring together telecenter and rural development stakeholders.

Digital Dividend: A televised debate

   

A debate on the emerging agenda for WSIS was staged at ITU, Geneva on 30 September 2005. Live transmission of the debate through Eurovision's world feed will take place on 14 November 2005, 13:30 GMT. This debate was also broadcast on BBC World Television on 22 and 23 October 2005.

Digital Dividend: A televised debate for BBC World TV

   

A debate on the emerging agenda for WSIS was staged at ITU, Geneva on 30 September 2005. The debate was broadcast on BBC World Television on 22 and 23 October 2005.

Digital Dividend: A televised debate for BBC World TV

   

Pre-Debate Announcement: What role do ICTs have in alleviating poverty? This is one of the many questions that will be fired at a distinguished panel on 30 September 2005 at the International Telecommunication Union Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. The debate will be broadcast on BBC World Television on 22 October 2005.