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citizens, the private sector and/or other government agencies so
as to promote citizen empowerment, improve service delivery,
strengthen accountability, increase transparency, or improve
government efficiency”.
9.2 The DOT Force of the UN (DOT Version 3) 34 concentrated
on areas where initiatives might be taken to encourage greater
access to and use of ICTs in ways that would genuinely improve
the livelihoods of poor people, whether through enhancing
economic growth and social equity in ways which bring benefit to
the poor, especially in rural areas where 70% of the world's poor
live.
9.3 The World Summit on the Information Society (2003) 35 has
emphasized that ICT applications are potentially important in
government operations and services, health care and health
information, education and training, employment, job creation,
business, agriculture, transport, protection of environment and
management of natural resources, disaster prevention, and
34 DOT Force: Digital Opportunities for All: Meeting the Challenge, Draft Report of the DOT Force Version 3.0.
35 WSIS (2003): “Building the Information Society: a global challenge in the new Millennium”, World Summit on the Information Society, Geneva 2003 – Tunis 2005.
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