| VillageDirect.Org online and offline strategies are designed to leverage the powers of information and communication technologies, and make use of market based tools to scale-up and deliver more economic development services for more people then are currently being served.
Employing interdisciplinary best practices; this site is focused on: - Enabling information and communications technologies for the economic empowerment of individuals and communities
- Mobilize: human, financial, and technical resources needed for community economic development
- Promoting formal and informal education that empowers individuals and communities economically
- Streamlining access to financing for development
- P2P networking that builds; respect for culture and beliefs, social capital, confidence, trust, and partnerships
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