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245 _aICTs in rural poverty alleviation
260 _c2001
300 _ap.917-20
362 _a17 Mar
520 _aSocial structures are crucial in determining who is able to access any technology and use it beneficially. While making new information and communication technologies (ICTs) cheap will make them more accessible to the poor, there will be other factors which determine their impact. The current low penetration of ICTs is a reflection of the digital divide in overcoming which there is no way to bypass a confrontation of low educational levels, which itself is linked to landlessness. - Reproduced
650 _aInformation technology - India
650 _aRural poor - India
650 _aPoverty - India
650 _aPoverty
773 _aEconomic and Political Weekly
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