Harnessing Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to Address Urban Poverty : Emerging Open Policy Lessons for the Open Knowledge Economy

Harnessing Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to Address Urban Poverty : Emerging Open Policy Lessons for the Open Knowledge Economy

Urban poverty is a complex socio-economic problem. The expected doubling of the urban population relative to rural areas by 2050 without a corresponding economic and infrastructure growth will worsen the problem, especially in emerging economies. Poor urban residents face rising unemployment and und...

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Main Author: Wambogo Omole, Duncan
Format: Journal Article
Language:en_US
Published: Taylor and Francis 2013
Subjects:
mobile phones
ICT
information and communication technology
urban poverty
slums
developing world
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13349
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spelling okr-10986-133492021-04-23T14:03:08Z Harnessing Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to Address Urban Poverty : Emerging Open Policy Lessons for the Open Knowledge Economy Wambogo Omole, Duncan mobile phones ICT information and communication technology urban poverty slums developing world Urban poverty is a complex socio-economic problem. The expected doubling of the urban population relative to rural areas by 2050 without a corresponding economic and infrastructure growth will worsen the problem, especially in emerging economies. Poor urban residents face rising unemployment and underemployment, constrained access to financial services, market exploitation, poor housing, crime, unsatisfactory health services and scant education opportunities. Several players have attempted to address these problems through information and communication technologies. This paper isolated a few of these to determine critical success factors on the economic empowerment front. 2013-05-09T17:33:14Z 2013-05-09T17:33:14Z 2012-03-21 Journal Article Information Technology for Development 0268-1102 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13349 en_US Information Technology for Development;19(1) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo/ World Bank Taylor and Francis Journal Article
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topic mobile phones
ICT
information and communication technology
urban poverty
slums
developing world
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ICT
information and communication technology
urban poverty
slums
developing world
Wambogo Omole, Duncan
Harnessing Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to Address Urban Poverty : Emerging Open Policy Lessons for the Open Knowledge Economy
relation Information Technology for Development;19(1)
description Urban poverty is a complex socio-economic problem. The expected doubling of the urban population relative to rural areas by 2050 without a corresponding economic and infrastructure growth will worsen the problem, especially in emerging economies. Poor urban residents face rising unemployment and underemployment, constrained access to financial services, market exploitation, poor housing, crime, unsatisfactory health services and scant education opportunities. Several players have attempted to address these problems through information and communication technologies. This paper isolated a few of these to determine critical success factors on the economic empowerment front.
format Journal Article
author Wambogo Omole, Duncan
author_facet Wambogo Omole, Duncan
author_sort Wambogo Omole, Duncan
title Harnessing Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to Address Urban Poverty : Emerging Open Policy Lessons for the Open Knowledge Economy
title_short Harnessing Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to Address Urban Poverty : Emerging Open Policy Lessons for the Open Knowledge Economy
title_full Harnessing Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to Address Urban Poverty : Emerging Open Policy Lessons for the Open Knowledge Economy
title_fullStr Harnessing Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to Address Urban Poverty : Emerging Open Policy Lessons for the Open Knowledge Economy
title_full_unstemmed Harnessing Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) to Address Urban Poverty : Emerging Open Policy Lessons for the Open Knowledge Economy
title_sort harnessing information and communication technologies (icts) to address urban poverty : emerging open policy lessons for the open knowledge economy
publisher Taylor and Francis
publishDate 2013
url http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13349
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