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Mobile Data, FTW! The GSMA Development Fund Steps It Up with The Mobile Development Intelligence Database 14 Jun 2012 | 03:52 am
One of the issues we all struggle with as we are working in mobile tech for social change and development is the lack of reliable data on mobile use, penetration, and costs. The GSMA sells a service, ...
Open Congress, Just a Call Away (Brought to You by the Sunlight Foundation) 12 Jun 2012 | 04:07 am
The Sunlight Foundation, always pushing the envelop on tech and open government in the United States and increasingly worldwide, launched a new service today: Call to Congress. The number 1-888-907-...
Liquidity Is King: Mobile Savings Vehicles For Poor Individuals 12 Jun 2012 | 12:32 am
This is the final post of this three-part blog series co-authored by Lisa Kienzle, Ali Ndiwalana, Olga Morawczynski and Ignacio Mas on saving with mobile money using deferred payments or “Me2Me” trans...
mHealth to Improve TB Care 29 May 2012 | 03:31 pm
Author: Interactive Research and Development Publication Type: Report/White paper Publication Date: May 2012 Publication language: English Abstract: 'mHealth to Improve TB Care' is a new...
mClerk: Enabling Mobile Crowdsourcing in Developing Regions 28 May 2012 | 10:49 pm
Author: Aakar Gupta, William Thies, Edward Cutrell, Ravin Balakrishnan Publication Date: May 2012 Publisher/Journal: ACM SIGCHI Publication language: English Abstract: Global crowdsourci...
Mobile Security Survival Toolkit for Activists 24 May 2012 | 02:57 am
MobileActive's SaferMobile project is running two trainings at the Internet at Liberty conference on mobile security with colleagues from IWPR, the Committee to Protect Journalists, and UC Berkeley. W...
Mobile Phones and Rural Livelihoods: Diffusion, Uses, and Perceived Impacts Among Farmers in Rural Uganda 23 May 2012 | 06:04 am
Author: Lee Martin, Brandie, Eric Abbott Publication Type: Journal article Publication Date: Nov 2011 Publisher/Journal: Information Technologies and International Development Publication ...
Cash In, Cash Out Kenya: The Role of M-PESA In The Lives Of Low-Income People 23 May 2012 | 04:52 am
Author: Stuart, Guy, Monique Cohen Publication Type: Report/White paper Publication Date: Sep 2011 Publisher/Journal: The IRIS Center at the University of Maryland, College Park and Microfi...
Lines Across The Desert: Mobile Phone Use and Mobility in the Context of Trans-Saharan Migration 19 May 2012 | 05:50 am
Author: Max Leonard Schaub Publication Type: Journal article Publication Date: Jan 2011 Publisher/Journal: Information Technology for Development Publication language: English Abstract:...
Inferring Patterns of Internal Migration From Mobile Phone Call Records: Evidence From Rwanda 19 May 2012 | 05:40 am
Author: Joshua Blumenstock Publication Type: Report/White paper Publication Date: Oct 2011 Publication language: English Abstract: Understanding the causes and effects of internal migrat...
