1995, as a global multilateral donor program administered by International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD). Full title: Information for Development Program - infoDev.
Help developing countries and their international partners to maximize the impact of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in combating poverty and promoting broad-based sustainable development.
Funds projects in the field. Since its creation, received 782 proposals for projects, 148 of which have been funded. Launching an intensive programme of support for research, analysis and evaluation, impact monitoring and toolkit development focused on distilling the lessons of experience from the past 10 years on the impact of ICT on poverty, with a particular focus on mainstreaming and scaling up successful ICT approaches and applications. In light of the new strategy, infoDev has suspended core grant and iCSF programmes and is no longer accepting proposals for either programme. Conference Scholarship Fund (iCSF).