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Title: ICT AND POVERTY: THE INDISPUTABLE LINK URL: http://www.worldbank.org/html/extdr/offrep/eap/eapprem/infoalexan.pdf Description: Alexander G. Flor's Paper for Third Asia Development Forum on "Regional Economic Cooperation in Asia and the Pacific" 11- 14 June 2001, Bangkok. From the Abstract: "The paper offers the following recommendations: efforts should be made to develop viable ICT Poverty Alleviation programs; a regional approach to program development should be adopted; small, spontaneous but fragmented initiatives among private agencies and nongovernmental organizations to bridge the Digital Divide should be mainstreamed and coordinated through an ICT for Poverty Alleviation Grants Fund that can be micro- managed by regional agencies; technological interventions should be supplemented by strong content provision and development program support; agencies within the same region should initiate dialogues to determine standards, platforms and protocols for information and knowledge exchange and re-use; the use of poverty maps should be fully exploited; and the educational applications of ICT should be fully supported." source: http://www.developmentgateway.org/node/133831/dg- contribute/item-detail?item%5fid=281714&version%5fid=164347
