World Summit on the Information Society: Africa regional preparatory conference Accra, Ghana 2 to 4 February 2005 with pre-conference workshops from 28 January to 1 February, 2005

Abstract

The workshop focused on interventions from experts on the definition of poverty,multidimensional intra-digital divide, gender gaps, quality of education, pro-poor approaches,and the relationship between ICTs and poverty reduction. Presentations made on how the process of ICT policy-making can be integrated into the Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) in African countries. In this regard, a case study was presented on how ECA was integrating the PRSP goals into the NICI framework, including how Geo information Information Systems (GIS) can be used as tools for better analysis of poverty within countries.