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Mobile Technologies and Empowerment: Enhancing human development through participation and innovation
This report was developed by the e-governance and Access to Information team in the Democratic Governance Group at UNDP’s Bureau for Development Policy Continue reading
New innovation case on THINK!: Fightback
FightBack, the women’s safety application, sends SOS alerts from your phone. FightBack uses GPS, SMS, location maps, GPRS ,email and your Facebook account to inform your loved ones in case you are in danger Continue reading
Posted in Innovation cases, Quality of life
Tagged App, FightBack, India, M4D, mobile, Rights, Safety
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Anthropology, development and ICTs: Slums, youth and mobile internet in urban India
In this paper the results from an anthropological study of everyday mobile internet adoption among teenagers in a lowincome urban setting Continue reading
Posted in Quality of life, Report/Paper
Tagged ICT, ICT4D, India, Innovation, LDC, M4D, mobile
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New innovation case on THINK!: RapidFTR
RapidFTR is a mobile app and data storage system that seeks to expedite this process by helping humanitarian workers collect, sort and share information about unaccompanied and separated children in emergency situations Continue reading
Posted in Innovation cases, Quality of life
Tagged Apps, Family Tracing, M4D, mobile, OSS, RapidFTR, USA
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mScience: Sensing, Computing and Dissemination
This book aims to engage the scientiļ¬c community, engineers and scholars worldwide in the design, development and deployment of the newest mobile applications Continue reading
Posted in Quality of life, Report/Paper
Tagged Android, Apps, Data Bank, Data Gathering, Education Energy, M4D, mLearning, Social Networks
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Mobile Governance: The Kerala Experience and Insights for a Comprehensive Strategy
This paper tries to analyse the term ‘convergence’ in the context of mGovernance and examines the approach adopted to identify services and design solutions Continue reading
Posted in Report/Paper, eGovernment
Tagged eGovernment, Kerala, M4D, mGov, mGovernance, mGovernment, mobile, Opengovernment
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Mobile Money Services and Poverty Reduction
The primary goal of this research study was to investigate the use and impact of mobile money services, among the 21 women’s groups, as a tool for poverty reduction in Eastern Kenya Continue reading
Posted in Quality of life, Report/Paper
Tagged ICT4D, Institute for Money Technology and Financial Inclusion, Kenya, LDC, M-Pesa, M4D, mobile, Money
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m2work: From millions of tasks to thousands of jobs
infoDev (World Bank) & Nokia launch global competition to drive innovation in mobile microwork and create jobs. Submit your innovation to create microwork jobs in developing countries! Continue reading
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Tagged infoDev, Jobs, M4D, Microworks, mobile, Nokia, World Bank
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Mobile Tech and Child Protection in West Africa
The purpose of this briefing note is to provide an overview of current applications of mobile technologies with relevance for child protection Continue reading
Posted in Quality of life, Report/Paper
Tagged App, Child, Data Collection, Family Tracking, ICT, ICT4D, M4D, mobile, Rights, Violence Reporting
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New innovation case on THINK!: Elimu kwa Teknolojia (BridgeIT)
BridgeIT is a program that uses mobile phones to bring educational videos to rural classrooms, a mobile teaching tool deployed in Tanzania, is changing the way teachers and students interact Continue reading
Posted in Innovation cases, Quality of life
Tagged Africa, education, M4D, mLearning, mobile, School, Tanzania
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