Bangladesh Microcredit and Mobile Phone

In Bangladesh, one of the least developed countries in the world, Microcredit from Grameen Bank has brought mobile phone services to the most isolated villages. Poor rural women now operate small businesses. Here is a sample to one of my favorite accomplishments by the women in developing country, like Bangladesh:


Single most factor in Bangladesh, infact all other developing countries, for increasing the ability for girls and women to take advantage of technology is education. Most women users of technology (rather ICT) in developing countries are a small part of urban educated elites.
In 1993, the World Bank supported a stipend program to help families meet the costs of secondary education. Today, there are more than 3.9 million Bengali girls in secondary school.