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<p>Technology has the potential to increase the impact and value for money of UK Aid;
and to pull people out of poverty. Many of DFID’s programmes enable communities to
access life-changing products and services via the internet, often through a simple
mobile phone.</p><p> </p><p>Unfortunately, cost continues to be a barrier to internet
access for communities in many developing countries. DFID has supported initiatives
such as the Alliance for Affordable Internet – a cross-sector coalition which was
formed to bring about policy change to drive down the costs of broadband in developing
countries. DFID continues to collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders on this
agenda including our donor counterparts in the US and Sweden, philanthropic foundations
such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Omidyar Network and the World Wide
Web Foundation, technology firms including Google and Facebook and bodies such as
the UN’s International Telecommunications Union (ITU).</p><p> </p><p> </p>
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