China harnesses the Internet to reduce rural poverty

["Irfan Khan" <khania@super.net.pk>]

[something to learn from....]



United Nations Development Program (UNDP) is joining with China's
Ministry of Science and Technology in a $2.5 million pilot project to
show how new information and communications technology (ICT) can be
mobilized to reduce poverty in rural areas.

The initiative aims to bridge the "digital divide" between urban and
rural areas by setting up information and communication centres in
five poor counties in different areas of the country with varying
geographic, social and economic conditions.

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