Information and Communication Technologies and Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries : the Case of Sub Saharan Africa countries
There is a growing interest in using Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to support poverty reduction efforts and strategies in the framework of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). These interest ended up revealing how much the Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) of many afr...
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| description | There is a growing interest in using Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to support poverty reduction efforts and strategies in the framework of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). These interest ended up revealing how much the Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) of many african nations have underestimated the importance of ICTs as a development tool. The fact that so little was mentionned about the use of ICTs for poverty alleviation and creation of employment highlighted the confusion, and uncertainty of decision makers. At the country level, ICT is still to be effectively integrated into national poverty alleviation and development strategies. The question then is how ICTs can help achieve those objectives. How can ICTs be used as tools to fight against poverty? Poverty is widely recognized as multidimensional, encompassing food security, health, education, rights, security and dignity, amongst others as stressed by Bachelor and al in a model showing the intricate linkages between ICTs and most PRSP goals. The link between ICTs and poverty reduction strategy is therefore not that obvious. Although, researchers and development partners involved in poverty alleviation recognize more easily the linkage between ICT and poverty reduction strategies. In any case, it is a prerequisite to have a conducive environment and country readiness for ICTs implementation. Unfortunately, in many Sub-Saharan Africa countries, there is not yet a clear and effective policy and strategy for the use of ICT. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c16b23bebd8b4e0382269938fb09516c2022-12-22T03:19:46ZengInternational Institute of Informatics and CyberneticsJournal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics1690-45242006-12-0146112115Information and Communication Technologies and Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries : the Case of Sub Saharan Africa countriesLot Tcheeko0Marcellin Ndong Ntah1 National Project Coordinator, UNDP Development Adviser, UNDP There is a growing interest in using Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to support poverty reduction efforts and strategies in the framework of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). These interest ended up revealing how much the Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) of many african nations have underestimated the importance of ICTs as a development tool. The fact that so little was mentionned about the use of ICTs for poverty alleviation and creation of employment highlighted the confusion, and uncertainty of decision makers. At the country level, ICT is still to be effectively integrated into national poverty alleviation and development strategies. The question then is how ICTs can help achieve those objectives. How can ICTs be used as tools to fight against poverty? Poverty is widely recognized as multidimensional, encompassing food security, health, education, rights, security and dignity, amongst others as stressed by Bachelor and al in a model showing the intricate linkages between ICTs and most PRSP goals. The link between ICTs and poverty reduction strategy is therefore not that obvious. Although, researchers and development partners involved in poverty alleviation recognize more easily the linkage between ICT and poverty reduction strategies. In any case, it is a prerequisite to have a conducive environment and country readiness for ICTs implementation. Unfortunately, in many Sub-Saharan Africa countries, there is not yet a clear and effective policy and strategy for the use of ICT.http://www.iiisci.org/Journal/CV$/sci/pdfs/P497686.pdf development strategiesPoverty reductiondigital dividemainstreaming ICT |
| spellingShingle | Lot Tcheeko Marcellin Ndong Ntah Information and Communication Technologies and Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries : the Case of Sub Saharan Africa countries Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics development strategies Poverty reduction digital divide mainstreaming ICT |
| title | Information and Communication Technologies and Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries : the Case of Sub Saharan Africa countries |
| title_full | Information and Communication Technologies and Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries : the Case of Sub Saharan Africa countries |
| title_fullStr | Information and Communication Technologies and Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries : the Case of Sub Saharan Africa countries |
| title_full_unstemmed | Information and Communication Technologies and Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries : the Case of Sub Saharan Africa countries |
| title_short | Information and Communication Technologies and Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries : the Case of Sub Saharan Africa countries |
| title_sort | information and communication technologies and poverty reduction in developing countries the case of sub saharan africa countries |
| topic | development strategies Poverty reduction digital divide mainstreaming ICT |
| url | http://www.iiisci.org/Journal/CV$/sci/pdfs/P497686.pdf
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