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"Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) can help poor people improve their lives. They have the potential to reduce poverty, deliver basic education, improve agricultural outputs, increase access to healthcare information and improve incomes."

"Technological progress-improvements in the ways that goods and services are produced, marketed, and brought to market-is at the very heart of human advancement and development. It has helped reduce the share of people living in absolute poverty in developing countries from 29 percent in 1990 to 18 percent in 2004." Thanks to Sarah Gibson for the link

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"The UK's environment minister says GM crops will help combat hunger in developing countries. But Owen Paterson is wrong"