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Digital divide & challenges to implementation

Better connected: empowering people through communications technology (pdf 440kb)

This briefing outlines the main issues around the use of ICTs for poverty reduction and sustainable development.

It explores issues relating to access, ownership and costs of ICTs, and how these limit their ability to benefit the poor on a wider scale.

It also explores the challenges relating to inadequate communication infrastructure in developing countries, and the financing and ownership models that can help address these gaps.

 

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