Information and Communication Technologies for Direct Poverty Alleviation: Costs and Benefits was published in Development Policy Review, 20, May 2002. Information and communications technologies (ICTs) are powerful tools for empowerment and income generation in developing countries. The cost-effectiveness of different ICTs does vary between developed and less developed countries, however. This article reviews the potential…

Prioritizing Countries for Assistance to Overcome the Digital Divide was published in Communications and Strategies, No. 41, First Quarter, 2001.  In order to provide the right type of assistance to the right countries to overcome the digital divide, some method of prioritization is required. This paper attempts to take a first step in that direction.…