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Maximizing mobile : : 2012 information and communications for development
| Maximizing mobile : : 2012 information and communications for development |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank : , : InfoDev, , c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | xviii, 221 pages : color illustrations ; ; 28 cm. + + 1 folded leaf |
| Disciplina | 303.4833 |
| Collana | Information and communications for development |
| Soggetto topico |
Information technology - Economic aspects - Developing countries
Telecommunication - Developing countries Information services - Developing countries Information technology Telecommunication Information services |
| ISBN |
1-283-59813-2
9786613910585 0-8213-9587-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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 |
| Altri titoli varianti | Information and communications for development 2012 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910808741003321 |
| Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank : , : InfoDev, , c2012 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Technology and women's empowerment / / edited by Ewa Lechman
| Technology and women's empowerment / / edited by Ewa Lechman |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York, New York : , : Routledge, , [2021] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (315 pages) |
| Disciplina | 305.4091724 |
| Collana | Routledge Studies in Gender and Economics |
| Soggetto topico |
Information technology - Economic aspects - Developing countries
Women - Developing countries - Social conditions Women - Developing countries - Economic conditions |
| ISBN |
1-00-304594-4
1-000-43794-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910774604803321 |
| London ; ; New York, New York : , : Routledge, , [2021] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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