DocumentCode
3389112
Title
ICT for Poverty Alleviation: A Study on Bangladesh
Author
Akther, Mohammad Shakil ; Onishi, Takashi ; Kidokoro, Tetsuo
fYear
2006
fDate
38838
Firstpage
203
Lastpage
209
Abstract
Bangladesh is now one of the world leaders in using telecommunication (mainly phone) for poverty alleviation. Village Pay Phone (VPP) Program - an NGO led initiative has been hailed as one of the first program to use telephone for poverty alleviation (2003). The success of this program led to low-income entrepreneur both in rural and urban areas of Bangladesh to take similar kind of initiative. Studies on VPP program show it can reduce poverty in rural areas. This paper focuses on the performance of the enterprises, which are not in VPP program. We conclude that these initiatives are equally effective in alleviating poverty
Keywords
social aspects of automation; telecommunication services; Bangladesh; ICT; Village Pay Phone Program; poverty alleviation; Business; Cellular phones; Communications technology; Economic indicators; Electronic mail; Mobile handsets; Telecommunications; Telephony; Urban areas; Web and internet services; Bangladesh; Grameen Bank; Poverty; Telecenter;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Information and Communication Technologies and Development, 2006. ICTD '06. International Conference on
Conference_Location
Berkeley, CA
Print_ISBN
1-4244-0485-1
Electronic_ISBN
1-4244-0485-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICTD.2006.301858
Filename
4085533
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