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IDB cites Voxiva as a practical example of ICT bridging the 'digital divide' in Latin America

Washington DC, 12 June 2006 - At the "Building Opportunity for the Majority" conference in Washington DC, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) published its booklet of the same name, in which it cites Voxiva’s Alerta DISAMAR Disease Surveillance solution in Peru as evidence of the progress Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is making in Latin America. The publication devotes a full chapter to "Connecting the Majority: Empowerment through Digital Dividends" which focuses on the development of ICT for the base of the pyramid in Latin America and the Caribbean, concluding that while much progress is being made the ICT revolution poses as many challenges as it does solutions for developing countries trying to bridge the digital divide. However, practical solutions such as those offered by Voxiva, which uses existing communications infrastructure such as fixed or mobile telephones to access its platform, are an example where technology is being extended to those who, for socioeconomic and geographical reasons, have previously had limited or no access to them.



IDB Case Study extract from "Building Opportunity for the Majority" produced by the Inter-American Development Bank


The full chapter featuring the case study can be viewed at
http://www.iadb.org/bop/Area5_text.cfm?language=En&parid=2&item1id=2&item2id=6
The full publication can be viewed at http://www.iadb.org/bop/

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