05932nam 2200769Ia 450 991046249440332120200520144314.01-283-59813-297866139105850-8213-9587-4(CKB)2670000000241914(EBL)1026907(OCoLC)811507359(SSID)ssj0000770946(PQKBManifestationID)12310856(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000770946(PQKBWorkID)10791331(PQKB)11207062(MiAaPQ)EBC1026907(Au-PeEL)EBL1026907(CaPaEBR)ebr10602554(CaONFJC)MIL391058(OCoLC)815481833(EXLCZ)99267000000024191420080716d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccr2012 Information and communications for development[electronic resource] maximizing mobileWashington, D.C. World Bank20121 online resource (244 p.)Information and communications for development Maximizing mobile Description based upon print version of record.0-8213-8991-2 Includes bibliographical references.Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; PART I; Part I; Part I; Part I; Executive Summary; Main messages; Why are mobile phones now considered indispensable?; A mobile green revolution; Keep using the tablets-how mobile devices are changing health care; Mobile money; Get a phone, get a job, start a business; Using phones to bring governments and citizens closer; Onward and upward to mobile broadband; Appendixes; Infographic: Maximizing Mobile for Development; Chapter 1 Overview; FIGURES; 1.1 The developing world: young and mobile; How mobile phones are usedBOXES1.1 Mobile phones and applications; 1.2 Talking and paying: mobile voice use and price for selected countries, 2010; TABLES; 1.1.1 Mobile devices and their capabilities; 1.3 Mobile phone usage around the world, 2011; 1.4 Worldwide SMS and Twitter traffic; Data traffic; 1.1 Top mobile applications, June 2011; The changing mobile ecosystem; 1.2 How to make a million from Angry Birds; 1.5 Data, data everywhere; 1.6 Apples and Berries: iPhone sales and Blackberry subscriptions; 1.7 Changing market share of mobile handset sales by operating system; Mobile-enabled social and economic trends1.2 Mobile and the Millennium Development Goals1.3 Smartphones and tablets for development; 1.3.1 Annotated screenshot of Bangladesh's Amadeyr Tablet; 1.8 Mapping calls for protest on Facebook to actual "Arab Spring" demonstrations, 2011; Structure of the report; Notes; 1.9 Mobile phone versus internet access household availability; References; Chapter 2 Mobilizing the Agricultural Value Chain; Making information mobile; 2.1 Mobile-enabled solutions for food and agriculture; Improved access to agricultural information; 2.2 Impact of ICT on farmers, traders, and consumers2.1 How Reuters Market Light generates hyperlocalized information2.2 A pregnant pause for Sri Lanka's cows; Improving data visibility for value-chain efficiency; 2.3 Tracking specialty coffee; Enhancing access to markets; 2.4 DrumNet, the value chain on your mobile phone; Policy considerations; Conclusions; Notes; References; Chapter 3 mHealth; Why mHealth? Opportunities and challenges; 3.1 Major categories of mHealth services and applications; 3.1 Kenya: A breeding ground for mHealth applications; 3.1.1 MedAfrica app; 3.2 Ethiopia: SMS helps in monitoring UNICEF's food supply chain3.2.1 RapidSMS in EthiopiaThe potential of mHealth; 3.1 Relative popularity of consumer health applications in Apple's App Store, 2011; The mHealth ecosystem; Business models for mHealth; 3.2 Number of countries with at least one mHealth deployment, by World Bank region; 3.3 mHealth ecosystem; Principles for implementing mHealth applications; 3.2 Selected examples of mHealth projects and lessons learned; 3.3 India: Health Management and Research Institute-104 Mobile; Conclusions; Notes; References; Chapter 4 Mobile Money for Financial Inclusion; Mobile money: an ecosystem approachThe financial inclusion imperativeWith some six billion mobile subscriptions now in use worldwide, around three-quarters of the world's inhabitants now have access to a mobile phone. Mobiles are arguably the most ubiquitous modern technology - in some developing countries, more people have access to a mobile phone than to clean water, a bank account or even electricity. Mobile communications now offer major opportunities to advance human development - from providing basic access to education or health information to making cash payments and stimulating citizen involvement in democratic processes. This 2012 edition of the WorldInformation and communications for development 2012Information technologyEconomic aspectsDeveloping countriesTelecommunicationDeveloping countriesInformation servicesDeveloping countriesInformation technologyStatisticsTelecommunicationStatisticsInformation servicesStatisticsElectronic books.Information technologyEconomic aspectsTelecommunicationInformation servicesInformation technologyTelecommunicationInformation services303.4833World Bank.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK99104624944033212012 Information and communications for development2460749UNINA