INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT) AND POVERTY IN RIVERS STATE
Abstract
It has been estimated that 850 million adult illiterates are in the developing countries, and over 200
million functional illiterates in the industrial world. The illiterates are still in larger numbers even
after 550 years after Gothenburg invented the art of printing. Information and communication
technology in the past decade has advanced tremendously in pushing the world to a global village. The effect of ICT in relation to poverty reduction in Nigeria and Rivers state in particular has been
silent, as far as this study is concerned. If knowledge acquired from the use of ICT equipment cannot
be translated to better and improve lives, then it is not worth it. From 1980 till 1999, the level of
poverty has not been stable, but seems to be almost the same rate with that of 1999 to 2015. The
present paper takes a pragmatic review of how the growth of Information and Communication
Technology (ICT) leads to poverty reduction in Rivers State
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