Poverty is a major problem in developing countries. This problem could lead to a decline in education, unemployment, poor quality of health and a lack of information among the population. There are many ways to reduce poverty, such as providing subsidies, reducing taxes, providing free education, and providing information and communications technology (ICT) to the poor. There is evidence that ICTs such as mobile phones, computers and the Internet could be the solution to reducing poverty in poor countries, as they could increase knowledge and open up new business opportunities. However, there are also a number of obstacles to its application in these countries to reduce poverty, due to lack of funds to provide infrastructure, limited knowledge to use this technology and lack of language skills. This essay will argue that information and communication technologies (ICT) are not the best way to reduce poverty in developing countries due to lack of capital to deploy them, as well as limitations in technical skills and of communication. ICTs have several advantages for developing countries, especially for developing countries. increase economic growth as this could increase knowledge and provide business opportunities. The main advantage is that with technology, poor countries can quickly transform their lives, do business, access information and also communicate with each other. According to Rodriguez Casal (2007), ICT is capable of increasing people's knowledge and is an effective means of poverty reduction. This is because people in poor countries, especially those living in rural areas, can improve their knowledge and easily access education. As a result, with a good education, they can improve their quality of life and have, for example, the possibility of getting a better job. In the same article the te......middle of paper...provides the information and communication devices. Another problem is that many people living in rural areas lack education and are unable to speak the world language. So, developing countries need to solve their economic problems and build good infrastructure such as electricity, schools and roads for their society, after which they can use technology to develop people's knowledge and improve the quality of life .ReferencesCasal, Carlos Rodriguez "ICT for education and development", info, Vol. 9 Iss: 4 (2007)Kenny, Charles. “Should we try to close the global digital divide? info, Vol. 4, No. 3 (2002) Leye, V. Information and communication technologies for development: a critical perspective. Global Governance, 15(1), 29-35. (January 2009) Maier, Sylvia G. and Michael L. Better use of gender, culture and ICT in rural South India Gender, technology and development mai 2007 11: 137-155