Information and communication technologies for development and poverty reduction
Subtitle: the potential of telecommunications
By: Maximo Torero and Joachim von Braun.
Contributors: Torero Cullen, Máximo.; Von Braun, Joachim, 1950-
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press; The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Baltimore, [Md.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 362
Subjects: Telecommunication -- Developing countries -- Case studies.; Economic development -- Case studies.
Genres: Case studies.
Description: The IT revolution was supposed to help lift the poor of the world into a new age of prosperity, but the growing digital divide between rich and poor seems to be exacerbating the already difficult situation. These essays address aspects of the problem andassociated debates.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Published for the International Food Policy Research Institute".