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MISSION

MISSION. To help developing countries and their international partners use information and communication broadly and effectively as tools of poverty reduction and sustainable economic growth. www.infoDev.org. ABANTU KENYA. Target groups: Poor women &policy makers

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MISSION

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  1. MISSION • To help developing countries and their international partners use information and communication broadly and effectively as tools of poverty reduction and sustainable economic growth. wwwinfoDev.org www.infoDev.org

  2. ABANTU KENYA • Target groups: Poor women &policy makers • Capacity building (internal & external) • Technology standard laptops • Lessons learned • Poor access • Significant difference between urban & rural • Incorporating ICT into existing programs • Seminars, workshops best tools for advocacy • ICT Integration improves impact on poverty • Illiteracy is not a problem wwwinfoDev.org

  3. Women Leadership through Internet Radio Brazil • Break isolation of women via new communication technologies • Create a radio web site • Provide hardware and train 10 Women Radio Network stations • Technology Pentium IV-class computer & CD_ROM • OSS Open Office on each computer • Lessons learned • Great deal of cross over with other gender-oriented projects • Short segment more efficient than 60-minute program • Lack of broadband capacity • Issue of sustainability • Connectivity cost are high wwwinfoDev.org

  4. FOOD INDIA • Target group women micro-entrepreneurs • To link women micro-entrepreneurs to exchange goods • & develop markets • Technology 100 mobiles phones, office computers • M&E all along the project • Network members earn 10-15% of total income family • Profit margin increased (commissions to middlemen 18-30%) • 300 groups involved in the network • Lessons learned • - Technology easy to use • - Rise of self confidence (three women won local council elections) • - Poor can use social capital to eliminate need for cash credit wwwinfoDev.org

  5. Tianjin Women’s Business Incubator China • To promote growth & development of women owned businesses • To leverage ICT to enhance impact & effectiveness of both incubator & clients • Created 1000 new jobs Oct. 200- Dec. 2002 • Use computerized accounting systems • E-commerce as a strategy • Means to apply ICT to transforming business processes • Encourage women to develop ICT businesses • Micro credit services • Information on government services, regulations for businesses • Private service providers (accountants, mktg consultants) wwwinfoDev.org

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