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Some of the most promising uses of ICT for development are to empower poor communities through assess to local and global knowledge, building local capacity and partnerships, and enabling broad participation, grassroots innovation, social learning, and social accountability. I call ICT applications that are targeted for poor communities and poverty reduction, e-society, or e-transformation at the grassroots and among poor communities.
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See, for example, Hanna (2003). World Bank.
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For an excellent treatment of this topic, see: International Finance Corporation and World Resource Institute. 2007. The Next 4 Billion: Market Size and Business Strategy at the Base of the Pyramid. World Resource Institute: Washington, DC.
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These guiding principles are adapted from Prahalad (2005).
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Eric Von Hippel (2005). Democratizing Innovation. MIT Press.
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For a full picture of the e-Sri Lanka program and the role of the e-society fund within it, see Hanna (2008).
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Contrast this with infoDev grants, at that time averaging at US$ 250,000.
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World Bank (2002). Social Funds: Assessing Effectiveness. World Bank Operations Evaluation Department. World Bank: Washington, D.C.
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Hanna, N.K. (2010). Grassroots Innovation for the Information Society. In: Transforming Government and Building the Information Society. Innovation, Technology, and Knowledge Management. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1506-1_7
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