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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 15/04/2015 02:38, Glenn McKnight
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cite="mid:CAN7+85dZ=mb8VNJbr1Ov8hEo6gJj4NOaRkbbcRwHxE3CLZh1sQ@mail.gmail.com"
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        style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:georgia,'times new
        roman',times,serif;font-size:16px;line-height:23px">Melinda
        Gates, who leads the Gates Foundation with Mr. Gates, </span><a
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href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/02/business/dealbook/melinda-gates-cellphones-for-women-aid-ascent-from-poverty.html"
        style="color:rgb(50,104,145);font-family:georgia,'times new
        roman',times,serif;font-size:16px;line-height:23px">wrote in The
        New York Times</a><span
        style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:georgia,'times new
        roman',times,serif;font-size:16px;line-height:23px"> this month
        that cellphones are essential to lifting women in developing
        countries out of poverty.</span></blockquote>
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    What is novel about this statement? ICT 4 D (ICT for Development)
    has been recognized for years and with most of the Internet access
    in developing countries taking place on mobile devices, cellphones
    have had a significant role in lifting *everyone* out of poverty in
    developing countries, not only women. Still, some governments
    dispute this and that's where I think the emphasis should be.<br>
    Kindest regards,<br>
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    Olivier<br>
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Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond, PhD
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