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Challenging poverty

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Information and communication technologies are an important component in the generation of wealth. How can they help reduce poverty?

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cover image Communications of the ACM
Communications of the ACM  Volume 51, Issue 8
Designing games with a purpose
August 2008
92 pages
ISSN:0001-0782
EISSN:1557-7317
DOI:10.1145/1378704
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Published: 01 August 2008
Published in CACM Volume 51, Issue 8

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