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ICT Pathways to Poverty Reduction: Empirical Evidence from East and Southern Africa

ICT Pathways to Poverty Reduction: Empirical Evidence from East and Southern Africa

Kathleen Diga
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Information and communication technologies have been proven to promote economic growth, but do we know that ICTs can reduce poverty? This book provides new empirical evidence on access to and use of ICTs and their effect on poor households in four East African countries: Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda along with experiences from other countries in Southern Africa. It addresses the questions: Under what conditions do women benefit economically from using ICTs? How are the livelihoods of rural users affected? Which ICTs are being used by low-income entrepreneurs? ICT Pathways to Poverty Reduction presents a conceptual framework to analyse how poverty dynamics change over time and to shed light on whether ICT access benefits the poor as well as the not-so-poor. The chapters contain case studies on how various forms of ICTs affect different aspects of poverty based on research in East and Southern African countries at the household level or among micro and small enterprises. Seven of the ten chapters in this book are based on data collected from the PICTURE Africa study between 2007-8 and 2010. The remaining two chapters are country-specific studies based on findings from other research projects. Overall, the study concluded that ICTs make a difference to the livelihoods of the poor and contribute to reducing both financial and non-financial dimensions of poverty. ICT Pathways to Poverty Reduction is essential reading for policymakers, researchers, and academics in international development or ICT for development, as well as staff of development agencies working on livelihoods for the poor.
Pages
254
Format
Paperback
Release
January 01, 2014
ISBN 13
9781853398162

ICT Pathways to Poverty Reduction: Empirical Evidence from East and Southern Africa

Kathleen Diga
0/5 ( ratings)
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Information and communication technologies have been proven to promote economic growth, but do we know that ICTs can reduce poverty? This book provides new empirical evidence on access to and use of ICTs and their effect on poor households in four East African countries: Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda along with experiences from other countries in Southern Africa. It addresses the questions: Under what conditions do women benefit economically from using ICTs? How are the livelihoods of rural users affected? Which ICTs are being used by low-income entrepreneurs? ICT Pathways to Poverty Reduction presents a conceptual framework to analyse how poverty dynamics change over time and to shed light on whether ICT access benefits the poor as well as the not-so-poor. The chapters contain case studies on how various forms of ICTs affect different aspects of poverty based on research in East and Southern African countries at the household level or among micro and small enterprises. Seven of the ten chapters in this book are based on data collected from the PICTURE Africa study between 2007-8 and 2010. The remaining two chapters are country-specific studies based on findings from other research projects. Overall, the study concluded that ICTs make a difference to the livelihoods of the poor and contribute to reducing both financial and non-financial dimensions of poverty. ICT Pathways to Poverty Reduction is essential reading for policymakers, researchers, and academics in international development or ICT for development, as well as staff of development agencies working on livelihoods for the poor.
Pages
254
Format
Paperback
Release
January 01, 2014
ISBN 13
9781853398162

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