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ICT project management

Checkpoint 5: Are appropriate intermediaries being used?

The need to use intermediaries is a key element of the success use of ICT in development. Intermediaries refer to those with direct ties to the beneficiary community.

TARAhaat in India combines a mother portal, TARAhaat.com, with intermediaries in the form of franchised village cybercafes to provide a full range of services to its clients.

Grameen's Village Phone works through intermediaries known as 'phone ladies' to deliver its services.

Published: Jan 2004
Source: Curtain Consulting (http:// www.curtain-consulting.net.au)
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