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Can Technology End Poverty?

Harvard Business Review

Berkeley researcher Kentaro Toyama has a blog dedicated to calling out naïve or inappropriate uses of information and communication technologies (ICT). BKash is now advertised widely, with 30,000 agents and 2.2 At the program's peak, 700 pumps covered 27,000 acres, with the loans constituting 9% of BRAC's total microfinance portfolio.

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Can Technology End Poverty?

Harvard Business Review

Berkeley researcher Kentaro Toyama has a blog dedicated to calling out naïve or inappropriate uses of information and communication technologies (ICT). BKash is now advertised widely, with 30,000 agents and 2.2 At the program's peak, 700 pumps covered 27,000 acres, with the loans constituting 9% of BRAC's total microfinance portfolio.