ICT pathways to poverty reduction : empirical evidence from East and Southern Africa /
edited by Edith Ofwona Adera, Timothy M. Waema, Julian May, Ophelia Mascarenhas, and Kathleen Diga.
- xvii, 254 pages : illustration ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The ICT/poverty nexus in Africa / Information and communication technologies as a pathway from poverty : evidence from East Africa / Political economy of ICTs and their effect on poverty / Livelihood and ICTs in East Africa / Access and use of ICT and its contribution to poverty reduction in Kenya / Impact of enhanced access to ICTs on small and microenterprises in Tanzania / Mobile phones and the food price crisis in Rwanda / The complexities of establishing causality between an ICT intervention and changes in quality of life : CLIQ in South Africa / Internet gone mobile in Namibia / Julian May, Timothy M. Waema, and Elise Bjåstad -- Julian May, Vaughan Dutton, and Louis Munyakazi -- Obadia Okinda Miroro and Edith Ofwona Adera -- Aileen Agüero, Roxana Barrantes, and Timothy M. Waema -- Timothy M. Waema and Obadia Okinda Miroro -- Ophelia Mascarenhas -- Kathleen Diga, Claude Bizimana, Felix Korbla Akorli, and François Bar -- Heidi Attwood, Kathleen Diga, and Julian May -- Christoph Stork and Enrico Calandro.
9781853398155 (hbk.) 1853398152 (hbk.) 1853398160 (pbk.) 9781853398162 (pbk.)
2013478899
GBB3B4214 bnb
016565135 Uk
Poverty--Africa, East.
Poverty--Africa, Southern.
Information technology--Social aspects--Africa, East.
Information technology--Social aspects--Africa, Southern.
Communication and technology--Africa, East.
Communication and technology--Africa, Southern.
HC860.Z9 / P6 2014
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The ICT/poverty nexus in Africa / Information and communication technologies as a pathway from poverty : evidence from East Africa / Political economy of ICTs and their effect on poverty / Livelihood and ICTs in East Africa / Access and use of ICT and its contribution to poverty reduction in Kenya / Impact of enhanced access to ICTs on small and microenterprises in Tanzania / Mobile phones and the food price crisis in Rwanda / The complexities of establishing causality between an ICT intervention and changes in quality of life : CLIQ in South Africa / Internet gone mobile in Namibia / Julian May, Timothy M. Waema, and Elise Bjåstad -- Julian May, Vaughan Dutton, and Louis Munyakazi -- Obadia Okinda Miroro and Edith Ofwona Adera -- Aileen Agüero, Roxana Barrantes, and Timothy M. Waema -- Timothy M. Waema and Obadia Okinda Miroro -- Ophelia Mascarenhas -- Kathleen Diga, Claude Bizimana, Felix Korbla Akorli, and François Bar -- Heidi Attwood, Kathleen Diga, and Julian May -- Christoph Stork and Enrico Calandro.
9781853398155 (hbk.) 1853398152 (hbk.) 1853398160 (pbk.) 9781853398162 (pbk.)
2013478899
GBB3B4214 bnb
016565135 Uk
Poverty--Africa, East.
Poverty--Africa, Southern.
Information technology--Social aspects--Africa, East.
Information technology--Social aspects--Africa, Southern.
Communication and technology--Africa, East.
Communication and technology--Africa, Southern.
HC860.Z9 / P6 2014