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How computer science serves the developing world

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Information and communication technology for development can greatly improve quality of life for the world's neediest people.

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cover image Communications of the ACM
Communications of the ACM  Volume 52, Issue 6
One Laptop Per Child: Vision vs. Reality
June 2009
128 pages
ISSN:0001-0782
EISSN:1557-7317
DOI:10.1145/1516046
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