Alleviating global poverty
Subtitle: technology for economic and social uplift
By: Nancy Bearg Dyke, editor.
Contributors: Dyke, Nancy Bearg.; International Peace, Security, & Prosperity Program.; Aspen Institute.
Publisher: Aspen Institute; [distributed by the Brookings Institution Press]; distributed by the Brookings Institution Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 156
Subjects: Poverty -- Congresses.; Technical assistance -- Congresses.; Economic assistance -- Congresses.; Economic development -- Congresses.; Economic development projects -- Congresses.; Technological innovations -- Developing countries -- Congresses.; Microfinance -- Developing countries -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Other titles: Technology for economic and social uplift.
Notes: "Report of the Aspen Institute Conference, August 18-20, 2000, Aspen, Colorado."

"A report of the Aspen Institute International Peace, Security & Prosperity Program."

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Speeches. Poverty and technology: meeting the challenge / Shashi Tharoor; title: Effective poverty reduction: sustainable development and information technology / Jos ̌Mara̕ Figueres; title: Technology and poverty / Bill Joy. Discussion Papers and Prepared Remarks. Loud and near / Iqbal Quadir; title: Empowering the poor: the role of technology / Edith Ssempala; title: Scaling up microfinance and poverty reduction / Jacques Attali; title: Poverty alleviation and renewable energy in sustainable context / Helena Chum; title: Broadband via satellite reaches everywhere / Santiago Ontaǹón.