Digital opportunities provided by ICTs are fundamental to the improvement of all aspects of developing economies and their entry into the global marketplace. While ICTs are not a panacea for all development problems, they offer enormous opportunities to narrow social and economic inequalities, and thus help achieve broader development goals, such as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) set by the United Nations.
In the development strategy of the United Nations Development Programme there is a focus on mainstreaming ICTs to effectively contribute to the achievement of the MDGs, particularly those related to income, poverty reduction, education, health, environment and gender equity by: creating economic opportunities and contributing to poverty reduction; managing the processes of providing basic services (for example, health care and education) at lower cost and with greater coverage; facilitating access to information and the involvement of stakeholders through greater transparency and support for networking at every stage; and enhancing the capacity to measure, monitor and report progress on the goals and to strategize.
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