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Beyond the Last Mile: How ICT is Transforming the World
By increasing the availability of information and knowledge in the most remote corners of the globe, ICT is helping to transform the development prospects of framers, fishermen, home businesses, commercial startups, community service agencies and other organizations which have been underserved by traditional development efforts. Today's development seeks to combine cutting-edge technology with the creative use of existing technologies so that citizens have the tools they need to take advantage of opportunities and solve critical social and economic problems.
ICT is helping to transform the development prospects of areas which have been underserved by traditional development efforts.
The Mortara Center in partnership with the Science, Technology and International Affairs Program at Georgetown University and with USAID brought Wayan Vota (Senior Director of Partnerships, Inveneo), Matthew Taylor (World Ahead Solutions Architect, Intel Corporation), Catherine Stewart (Manager, Integrated Marketing Communications, Cisco Systems) and Judy Payne (Acting ICT Team Leader and e-Business Advisor, USAID) together to explore how ICT companies are going from the first mile to the last mile and beyond to transform the world.
