[Chapter-delegates] Fighting Homelessness, One Smartphone at a Time

[Olivier MJ Crepin-Leblond]

On 15/04/2015 02:38, Glenn McKnight wrote:
> Melinda Gates, who leads the Gates Foundation with Mr. Gates, wrote in
> The New York Times
> <http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/02/business/dealbook/melinda-gates-cellphones-for-women-aid-ascent-from-poverty.html> this
> month that cellphones are essential to lifting women in developing
> countries out of poverty.

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.
Kindest regards,

Olivier

-- 
Olivier MJ Crépin-Leblond, PhD
http://www.gih.com/ocl.html

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