: As piloted in Niger Unión Internacional de Telecomunicaciones text technical report sz 2020 monographic eng pdf 74 p. : gráf. ; 1 documento PDF This blueprint serves as a step-by-step guide on how to establish, manage, and lead a smart village for sustainable development project. With almost 80 per cent of the world’s extreme poor living in rural areas where most are dependent on agriculture, rural villages become a critical focus to meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)1 through digital transformation. High levels of poverty, low-income levels, poor infrastructure and lack of connectivity to the Internet rank among the biggest challenges in rural life across the world. At the end of 2018, ITU confirmed that 49 per cent of the world’s population are offline. Those reside mainly in least developed countries and rural areas specialized All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, by any means whatsoever, without the prior written permission of ITU Ciudades inteligentes citizens digital infraestructures model digital services rural areas smart village sustainable development Transformación digital pdf 978-92-61-29201-0 (Paper version) 978-92-61-29211-9 (Electronic version) 978-92-61-29221-8 (EPUB version) 978-92-61-29231-7 (Mobile version) https://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-d/opb/str/D-STR-SMART_VILLAGE.NIGER-2020-PDF-E.pdf https://www.itu.int/dms_pub/itu-d/opb/str/D-STR-SMART_VILLAGE.NIGER-2020-PDF-E.pdf All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, by any means whatsoever, without the prior written permission of ITU ES-MaONT 200610 20211003160700.0 00005997