Tapping ICT to reduce poverty in rural India

IEEE Technology and Society Magazine

Volumn 22, Issue 2 SPEC, 2003, Pages 20-27

  Cecchini, Simone ^a  

^a División de Desarrollo Sostenible y Asentamientos Humanos de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; DAIRY PRODUCTS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; HEALTH CARE; MARKETING; SMART CARDS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EMPOWERMENT; GOVERNMENT SERVICES; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY; MICROFINANCE; MILK; POVERTY REDUCTION;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0042850301     PISSN: 02780097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MTAS.2003.1216239     Document Type: Article

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