Research: ICT Innovations for Poverty Reduction

In 2002, UNESCO initiated a programme to innovate and research ICT applications for poverty reduction in nine project sites across South Asia. By comparing these different applications of ICTs, the answers to the basic yet fundamental questions are sought: Can ICTs be used to reduce poverty? And if so, how?
In order to address these questions, UNESCO designed the ictPR project to integrate research into all the projects from the beginning as central to both innovative project development and building a wider understanding of the role of ICTs in poverty reduction.

ISBN: 81 - 89218 - 01 - 8
Publisher: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)
Year of Publication: 2004