Poverty is a serious problem in developing countries. This problem could cause less education, unemployment, low quality of health and lack of information among people. There are many ways to reduce poverty, such as providing subsidies, reducing taxes, providing free education, and providing information and communication technologies (ICT) for 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 because they could increase knowledge and open up new business opportunities. However, there are also numerous barriers to its application in those countries for poverty reduction due to lack of funds to provide infrastructure, limited knowledge for the use of this technology and lack of language skills. This essay will argue that information and communication technologies (ICTs) are not the best way to reduce poverty in developing countries due to the lack of capital to implement them, as well as limitations in technical and communication skills. ICT has many benefits for developing countries, especially developing countries. increase economic growth because it could increase knowledge and offer business opportunities. The main advantage is that with technology poor countries can quickly transform their lives, do business, access information and even communicate with each other. According to Rodriguez Casal (2007) ICTs are able to increase people's knowledge and represent an effective way to reduce poverty. It is because people in poor countries, especially those living in rural areas, can improve their knowledge and have easier access to education. As a result, with a good education they can improve their quality of life, for example they have the opportunity to get a better job. In the same article information and communication te...... middle of paper...... provide the devices. Another problem is that many people in rural areas have no education and are unable to speak the global language. Therefore, developing countries need to address their economic problems and build good infrastructure such as electricity, schools and roads for their society, after which they could use technology to develop people's knowledge and increase the quality of life. References Casal, Carlos Rodriguez "ICT for Education and Development", Information, Vol. 9 issue: 4 (2007) Kenny, Charles. “Should we try to bridge the global digital divide?” information, vol. 4, no. 3 (2002) Leye, V. Information and communication technologies for development: a critical perspective. Global Governance, 15(1), 29-35. (2009, January) Maier, Sylvia G. and Michael L. Better Gender, Culture and ICT Use in Rural South IndiaGender, Technology and Development May 2007 11: 137-155