2012 Information and communications for development [[electronic resource] ] : maximizing mobile

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : World Bank, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (244 p.)
• Disciplina: 303.4833
• Soggetto topico: Information technology - Economic aspects - Developing countries; Telecommunication - Developing countries; Information services - Developing countries; Information technology; Telecommunication; Information services
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 used ; BOXES1.1 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 trends ; 1.2 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 consumers ; 2.1 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 chain ; 3.2.1 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 approach ; The financial inclusion imperative
• Sommario/riassunto: With 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 World
• Altri titoli varianti: Information and communications for development 2012
• Titolo autorizzato: 2012 Information and communications for development
• ISBN: 1-283-59813-2; 9786613910585; 0-8213-9587-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910462494403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II