[change] Can Technology End Poverty?

"Many development experts promote information and communication technology (ICT) as a way to relieve global poverty. They should pay more attention to the human beings who use it." -- Kentaro Toyama kentaro has a great piece on technology and poverty at http://www.bostonreview.net/BR35.6/ndf_technology.php. make sure to read the responses from nicholas negroponte, nathan eagle, dean karlan, jenny aker, archon fung, christine zhenwei qiang, evgeny morozov and ignacio mas.