How is the World Bank coming forward to help a country like India in bridging the digital divide?
We at the World Bank are fully committed towards e-enabling a better world. The first and most critical pillar is creating the right investment climate for the region. The second pillar would be to provide services to the poor. These services could range from telecom and communication infrastructure related services to drinking water related services. We must keep the poor in the mind. World Bank is working towards providing assistance to the Indian government in increasing the reach of India’s telecom infrastructure to the remote areas of the country. How can the benefits of IT be taken to the poor community in developing countries like India? While we always speak about information highway and how IT can change lives for the poor, we should not forget the importance of other media when it comes to reaching out to the poor of a country like India. So we will have to take the ‘I’ (information) of the ‘IT’ and treat it separately. This information can be given by way of setting up an In
