The Role of Information Technology in Poverty Reduction

By Ali Mosallanejad, Ali Reza Fakharzadeh, Mohammad Nikniya and Mohammad Moradi

Since poverty is known as the root of many problems in today’s society, sociologists have always been looking for a solution and control it. Today, according to statistics, global standard shows the extent of people access to technology including information technology and the percent of poverty or wealth of the nations in various dimensions. In many parts of the world, the poor classes have little access to information technology that meet only their primary needs; to meet their needs completely. ICT can play the role of a catalyst in reducing poverty. Hence, in this Book we discuss on how we can reduce poverty by using IT. This work is dedicated to Mr. Sami Yusuf as an international singer and the UN Global Ambassador for the World Food Program for his unsparing efforts in reduction of poverty.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Jun 25, 2017
• ISBN: 9781387055043

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The Role of Information Technology in Poverty Reduction

The Role of Information Technology in Poverty Reduction

By:

Ali Mosallanejad (Sami Ali)

Ali Reza Fakharzadeh

Mohammad Nikniya

Mohammad Moradi

Lulu Press, Inc.

3101 Hillsborough St, Raleigh, NC  27607

Copyright © 2016 Ali Mosallanejad, Ali Reza Fakharzadeh,

Mohammad Nikniya, Mohammad Moradi

All rights reserved.

ISBN: 978-1-387-05504-3

DEDICATION

To:  Mr. Sami Yusuf as an international singer and the UN Global Ambassador for the World Food Program for his unsparing efforts in reduction of poverty.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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Special thanks to Dr. Majid Razeghi Jahromi,  who contributed us with advising this work.

CONTENTS

Forward                                                                            i

1. Introduction                                                                            1

2. The concepts of ICT7

3. Poverty11

4. Information Poverty23

5.The role of ICT in different sectors of the poor28

6. Relationship between the National Information Network and Poverty Reduction                                                       35

6.1. Gharn Abad Village             44

7.  Perform and Development47

8. Positive Outcomes52

9. Conclusion59

References68

ABOUT THE AUTHORS71

Forward:

Since poverty is known as the root of many problems in today’s society, sociologists have always been looking for a solution and control it. The poverty of the poor in the first stage originates from weak culture and lack of education and later lack of income, poor sanitation and intellectual disabilities are appropriate for taking advantage of job opportunities .So, this category is a complicated economic-social problem that include different aspects.

Social connection among people is increasing daily due to growth of information technology development and the world is located on the brink of knowledge revolution.

This technology is a phenomenon that all segment of society can take profit by the size of their knowledge and capacity without any discrimination. Necessarily, there is no limit for urban or rural families, males and females, and black or white.

Today, according to statistics, global standard shows the extent of people access to technology including information technology and the percent of poverty or wealth of the nations in various dimensions. In many parts of the world, the poor classes have little access to information technology that meet only their primary needs; to meet their needs completely. ICT can play the role of a catalyst in reducing poverty. This means that if the technology is adapted to the needs of the poor and is in line with the economic-social policy of the government in resolving this need, it can be used as an effective factor in accelerating poverty reduction. Hence, in this Book we discuss on how can we reduce poverty by using IT.

This work is dedicated to Mr. Sami Yusuf as an international singer and the UN Global Ambassador