Harnessing digital technologies for poverty reduction. Evidence for low-income and lower-middle income countries

Ewa Lechman and Magdalena Popowska

Telecommunications Policy, 2022, vol. 46, issue 6

Abstract: This paper contributes to understanding the relationship between ICT deployment and poverty alleviation in developing countries. It assess the digital technologies contribution to poverty reduction, through different channels of impact, like education, labor market, income and ICT-trade related activities.

Keywords: Economic growth; Poverty; Vulnerable employment; ICT; Developing countries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O30 O40 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2022.102313

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