The Role of Information Technology in Poverty Reduction

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.