[UgaBYTES] Improving livelihoods with ICTs

[Mwathi Francis]

This policy brief published by the International Institute for Environmental
and Development (IIED) outlines how and why information and communication
technology (ICT) projects do, or do not, work for development.

Rapid growth of ICTs in rural Africa and emerging economies such as Brazil
and China is closing the gap in ICTs between North and South. Governments
pushing ICT infrastructure projects such as mobile mast networks have
successfully reduced access costs for many in the developing world.

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Francis Mwathi
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