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1. Introduction

verfasst von : Jenny C. Aker, Joël Cariolle

Erschienen in: Mobile Phones and Development in Africa

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

The chapter motivates the rationale for this book—namely, the growth of information technology over the past 30 years, and its potential for development—and briefly summarizes each chapter.

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Fußnoten
1
This book focuses primarily on sub-Saharan Africa for several reasons. Firstly, among the 30 lowest-ranked countries on the UN’s Human Development Index (HDI), 28 of these are from sub-Saharan Africa. Secondly, the growth of mobile phone adoption and usage in SSA has increased substantially in sub-Saharan Africa in contexts where other infrastructure have often been limited. Thirdly, mobile phone-related innovations are particularly striking in SSA as compared with other regions.
 
2
Digital technologies encompass different types of infrastructure, technologies, and platforms, each of which has unique features. This book primarily focuses on one type of digital technology—simple mobile phones—rather than smart phones, the internet, or tablets. This is because simple mobile phones are the most ubiquitous digital technology in terms of coverage and adoption, especially in rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa, and thus offer the greatest potential in terms of development.
 
3
These factors include, yet are not limited to, the market failures in a given context, which information technology may be able to address; the source and quality of the service provided via information technology, whether information, financial, or otherwise; and the enabling environment for local information technology access and usage, which is in part related to literacy, gender, and income.
 
4
This book will exclude key digital services such as tax design, collection, and enforcement.
 
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Metadaten
Titel
Introduction
verfasst von
Jenny C. Aker
Joël Cariolle
Copyright-Jahr
2023
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-41885-3_1

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