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2005, Shoji Nishimoto & Radhika Lal, Commonwealth Finance Ministers Reference Report

In this article the authors make the case for extensive application of ICTs in development to speed up the progress towards achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Banking on positive outcomes from across the world, the article shows how ICTs help the poor, especially those in rural areas, access cost-effective services and build sustainable livelihoods. However challenges remain for ICT applications have to move beyond a pure technology focus. As the failure of many e-governance projects in developing countries show, ICT needs to be better integrated into MDG-based poverty reduction.

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