In response to Sam Lanfranco's contribution about ICT for poverty
reduction, I would like to confirm his observation that too little funds
are available for thorough research into evidence building around ICT
for poverty reduction.
One exception at least I know of is British DFID that does
In response to Sam Lanfranco's response to Cornelio Hopmann:
Wow!
Everything you say feels true
It explains my feelings and experience on behalf of OOCD 2000+ (Oke-Ogun
Community Development 2000Plus) since I responded to the community
request that I would be their bridge across the digital
Thanks to Sam Lanfranco for a refreshing perspective. I agree with much of
what Sam says regarding the reasons for the ICT poverty reduction
research/evidence vacuum.
I would like to add an additional point, and draw on the insights of Tom
Wolfe on the social context of self promotion. In
