Harnessing Expertise and Practices in Information and Knowledge Management for Poverty Eradication
Abstract
A keynote paper exploring the centrality of information and knowledge in poverty eradication, drawing on literature and the author's community information research (2004-2008), and examining the contribution of information professionals to the UN Millennium Development Goal of eradicating extreme poverty and hunger.
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