ICT Pathways to Poverty Reduction

Empirical evidence from East and Southern Africa

Edith Ofwona Adera, Edith Ofwona Adera, Timothy M. Waema, Julian May, Ophelia Mascarenhas, Kathleen Diga

• Publisher: Practical Action Publishing
• Year: 2014
• Print ISBN: 9781853398162, 9781853398155
• eBook ISBN: 9781780448152
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Global Development Studies
• Index: Social Sciences

This book provides new empirical evidence on access to and use of ICTs and their effect on poor households in East African and Southern African countries. 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 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, concluding that ICTs make a difference to the livelihoods of the poor and contribute to reducing both financial and non-financial dimensions of poverty.

Table of contents

• ICT Pathways to Poverty Reduction 000 Prelims
• ICT Pathways to Poverty Reduction 001
• ICT Pathways to Poverty Reduction 002
• ICT Pathways to Poverty Reduction 003
• ICT Pathways to Poverty Reduction 004
• ICT Pathways to Poverty Reduction 005
• ICT Pathways to Poverty Reduction 006
• ICT Pathways to Poverty Reduction 007
• ICT Pathways to Poverty Reduction 008
• ICT Pathways to Poverty Reduction 009
• ICT Pathways to Poverty Reduction 010