Can Emerging Technologies Make a Difference in Development?
Can Emerging Technologies Make a Difference in Development?

Author: Rachel A. Parker

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-02-28

Total Pages: 291

ISBN-13: 1136485015

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In this innovative and entirely original text, which has been thoughtfully edited to ensure coherence and readability across disciplines, scientists and practitioners from around the world provide evidence of the opportunities for, and the challenges of, developing collaborative approaches to bringing advanced and emerging technology to poor communities in developing countries in a responsible and sustainable manner. This volume will stimulate and satisfy readers seeking to engage in a rich and challenging discussion, integrating many strands of social thought and physical science. For those also seeking to creatively engage in the great challenges of our times for the benefit of struggling farmers, sick children, and people literally living in the dark around the world, may this volume also spark imagination, inspire commitment, and provoke collaborative problem solving.

Can Emerging Technologies Make a Difference in Development?
Can Emerging Technologies Make a Difference in Development?

Author: Rachel A. Parker

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-02-28

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 1136485023

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In this innovative and entirely original text, which has been thoughtfully edited to ensure coherence and readability across disciplines, scientists and practitioners from around the world provide evidence of the opportunities for, and the challenges of, developing collaborative approaches to bringing advanced and emerging technology to poor communities in developing countries in a responsible and sustainable manner. This volume will stimulate and satisfy readers seeking to engage in a rich and challenging discussion, integrating many strands of social thought and physical science. For those also seeking to creatively engage in the great challenges of our times for the benefit of struggling farmers, sick children, and people literally living in the dark around the world, may this volume also spark imagination, inspire commitment, and provoke collaborative problem solving.

Emerging Technologies for Developing Countries
Emerging Technologies for Developing Countries

Author: Rafik Zitouni

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2018-12-13

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 3030051986

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International EAI Conference on Emerging Technologies for Developing Countries, AFRICATEK 2018, held in Cotonou, Benin, in May 2018. The 12 revised full papers and 4 short papers were selected from 27 submissions. The papers are organized thematically in tracks, starting with ITS and security, applications and IT services, gaming and user experience.

Emerging Technologies for Developing Countries
Emerging Technologies for Developing Countries

Author: Fatna Belqasmi

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-10-18

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 331967837X

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International EAI Conference on Emerging Technologies for Developing Countries, AFRICATEK 2017, held in Marrakech, Morocco, in March 2017. The 15 full papers, 5 short papers, 2 invited papers and one poster paper were selected from 41 submissions. The papers are organized thematically in tracks, starting with wireless sensor networks (WSNs), vehicular area networks (VANs) and mobile networks; IoT and cloud computing; big data, data analytics, and knowledge management; processing big data over diverse clouds; Web services and software engineering; security.

Mobile Technologies and Socio-Economic Development in Emerging Nations
Mobile Technologies and Socio-Economic Development in Emerging Nations

Author: Mtenzi, Fredrick Japhet

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2018-03-23

Total Pages: 383

ISBN-13: 152254030X

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As technology advances, mobile devices have become more affordable and useful to countries around the world. As a result, mobile evolution has become an essential part of economic and social advancement. Mobile Technologies and Socio-Economic Development in Emerging Nations provides emerging research on the role of mobile devices as an important aspect of social and economic growth in developing countries. While highlighting topics, such as device authentication, mobile data management, and sensor services, this book explores how mobile devices have evolved to become an extremely useful tool. This book is a vital resource for academicians, researchers, students, practitioners, politicians, and professionals seeking current research on the uses, applications, and advantages of mobile services in increasing economic growth.

Emerging Technologies for Emerging Markets
Emerging Technologies for Emerging Markets

Author: John Vong

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-12-27

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 9812873473

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This book introduces inclusive-cost-effective (ICE) approaches that have the potential to transform all aspects of daily lives of people at the base of the pyramid in the economic scale, who represent more than 75% of the world population. ICE means that the approaches must meet the affordability level at the base of the pyramid. This includes mobile banking and financial service technologies, mobile education, rural information and communication technologies, telemedicine, e-Health, and health social networks. This monograph is a compulsory reading for not only technology innovators, but also economists, social entrepreneurs, development specialists, health specialists, bankers and researchers and policy thinkers on technology and economic development.

New Generic Technologies in Developing Countries
New Generic Technologies in Developing Countries

Author: M.R. Bhagavan

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-07-27

Total Pages: 346

ISBN-13: 1349258369

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An examination of developing countries' ability to benefit from new generic technologies in the realms of information, communication, biotechnology and new materials. The book demonstrates why some developing countries have made considerable progress in absorbing the new technologies while most are still at the starting-blocks, and draws on the international donor community's experience to analyse appropriate aid policies and strategies.

New Communication Technologies in Developing Countries
New Communication Technologies in Developing Countries

Author: Jarice Hanson

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-09-13

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 1135439532

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This volume explores how a number of developing countries -- including India, Malaysia, Columbia, Brazil, and Saudi Arabia -- are responding to the pressures of the information society. Infrastructural development, policies, and social systems are investigated, and models of information technologies and society are proposed in order to better reference the differences and similarities among the nations profiled. The authors identify the social technology perspective via the assimilation of technology in lifestyles and social systems. From this perspective, the diffusion of technologies is analyzed with a critical eye for theories of culture lag, diffusion and innovation, and technological determinism and liberalism. The social perspective is a new addition to development studies, and the reader may see how, as the global information society comes into focus, the social dimensions are more important than some theorists originally envisioned.