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The Australian Development Gateway (ADG) strives to support members of the development community in their efforts to reduce poverty and enhance sustainable development in the Asia Pacific region. The site has been created with participation from members of government, private, academia and non-government organisations. User feedback mechanisms have been incorporated to guide future directions of the site. The site is optimised for low bandwidth access to enable the widest participation throughout the Asia Pacific region.

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ICT project management

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Step 3: Identify the likely causes of poverty in relation to your project

  • What are the likely causes, as distinct from the effects, of the aspect of poverty the program is focusing on?
  • Is it possible to rate the likely causes in order of importance?
  • Is poor communication a cause of this aspect of poverty?

Identifying the likely causes of the particular type of poverty under scrutiny is essential to work out the best point of intervention.

A focus on possible causes helps to ensure that the project is not merely alleviating the symptoms of poverty. For example, looking for the causes of hunger may require going beyond the obvious such as poor nutrition to look for more fundamental causes such as a lack of access to productive land or other critical aspects.

This process of assigning order of importance to the likely causes may be difficult but it holds the promise of achieving a more permanent impact.

 

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