The Linkage Between ICT Applications and Meaningful Development

The Linkage Between ICT Applications and Meaningful Development

Published Jan 2010

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This briefing note focuses on ways in which ICT applications, particularly computer and Web-based digital technologies, can be used to promote sustainable social and economic development and achieve the Millennium Development Goals. A framework for understanding the inter-linkages between the various development sectors and ICT is provided followed by some discussions on the different roles ICTs can play in reducing poverty, providing education and healthcare for all, promoting gender equality and coping with environmental change and extreme climate events.

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