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How Computer Science Serves the Developing World

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M. Bernardine Dias *
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Eric Brewer
DOI:10.1145/1516046.1516064delete
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What do the increasingly prominent news stories about $100 laptops, kids learning about computers through a hole in the wall, and the power of mobile phones to educate, entertain, and connect people in remote regions have in common? It is the field of information and communication technology for development (ICTD), based on the belief that technology can have a large and positive effect on billions of individuals by helping them overcome the challenges so prevalent in developing regions. ICTD is not new-numerous important though relatively

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