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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11085
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SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) digital

Using ICT to tackle poverty

Brussels, 22/05/2014 (Agence Europe) - In a speech made to the United Nations General Assembly in New York on 21 May, Commissioner for the Digital Strategy Neelie Kroes underlined the crucial role played by digital technologies in eradicating poverty in the world, as part of the United Nations' post-2015 development programme. The commissioner stated that “access to mobile devices and networks and big data processing are two of strongest enablers of economic opportunity. We know for...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT 2014
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
SECTORAL POLICIES
CULTURE - SPORT
EXTERNAL ACTION
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU