Abstract
This special edition contains reports from the Harvard Forum II, a two-day event held September 2009 at Harvard University. Sponsored by Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and hosted by the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, the Forum assembled a prominent group of thinkers and practitioners from around the globe, including Nobel laureates Amartya Sen and Michael Spence, to discuss the theme ICTs, Human Development, Growth, and Poverty Reduction.
