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Bangladesh: The ‘Info Ladies’

Categories: South Asia, Bangladesh, Development, Ideas, Technology, Women & Gender

Gone are the days when the village phone ladies used to offer mobile phone services in the rural areas of Bangladesh, a successful example of microcredit projects. LIRNE Asia [1] informs that now “Info ladies” equipped with “Classmate PC” fitted with mobile internet cards are traveling door-to-door riding bicycles to connect the villagers with Internet.