From Anir Chowdhury, policy adviser for the government of Bangladesh's Aspire to Innovate program, which is supported by the U.N. Development Program.
Poverty is not just scarcity of food or water, but also lack of access to high tech

A woman talk with her husband with telecommunications application at Jharabarsha, in a remote farming village in Gaibandha district, Bangladesh: Access to the internet is almost as important as food and water in the modern world. © AP
From Anir Chowdhury, policy adviser for the government of Bangladesh's Aspire to Innovate program, which is supported by the U.N. Development Program.