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Village Cellphone : Empowering Bangladesh

Sweeney, Natasha (journalist). MacNeil, Carole (host). Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (Added Author). Journalist: Sweeney, Natasha ; Host: MacNeil, Carole. (Cast).

Summary: In the early 1990s, Iqbal Quadir, a Bangladesh-born MIT professor and entrepreneur, had the idea that cellphones could be used to help the very poorest people. For Bangladesh, a densely populated country strangled by frequent natural disasters and a serious lack of infrastructure, Iqbal saw communication technology as an essential resource. His vision: to help village entrepreneurs, backed by micro-loans, establish cellphone leasing businesses that retail phone services to their surrounding communities.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 streaming video (11 min 13 sec)
remote
videorecording
electronic
Publisher: Toronto : Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 2008

Content descriptions

Restrictions on Access Note:	Access restricted to Curio.ca subscribers
Participant or Performer Note:	Journalist: Sweeney, Natasha ; Host: MacNeil, Carole.
System Details Note:	Available on the Internet. MODE OF ACCESS via web browser by entering the following URL: http://curio.ca/en/video/village-cellphone-empowering-bangladesh-1133/
Language Note:	In English.
Source of Description Note:	Source of description from Canadian Broadcasting Corporation