This paper seeks to contribute to the debate on the impact of the adoption of information technologies (ICT) in poverty reduction by understanding how the poor obtain, share and use ICT on their everyday life - what we call the informational lives of the poor. It identifies the opportunities and...

Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Poverty, participation, and an emergent new path for the 21st century -- About us -- With or without us -- Representation of the included-in and included-out -- Historical development of poverty policies -- Case study...