2012 Information and Communications for Development : Maximizing Mobile

With some 6 billion mobile subscriptions in use worldwide, around three-quarters of the world's inhabitants now have access to a mobile phone. Mobiles are arguably the most ubiquitous modern technology: in some developing countries, more peopl...

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spelling okr-10986-119582021-04-23T14:02:58Z 2012 Information and Communications for Development : Maximizing Mobile World Bank ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACCESS TO KNOWLEDGE ALTERNATIVE POLICIES BROADCASTING COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK DECISION-MAKING DIGITAL DIVIDE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC IMPACT EMPLOYMENT HEALTH CARE HEALTH CARE FINANCING HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ICT INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME LEVELS INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE INFORMATION SERVICES INFORMATION STORAGE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS INTERNET ACCESS INTERNET HOSTS KNOWLEDGE FOR DEVELOPMENT LIVING CONDITIONS LOW INCOME LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MARKET LIBERALIZATION MARKET PRICES MCT MEDIA MULTIPURPOSE COMMUNITY TELECENTER NATIONAL INCOME OIL POLICY INSTRUMENTS POSTAL SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTIVITY RADIO RURAL COMMUNITIES RURAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS RURAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVELOPMENT SAFETY NETS SOCIAL SERVICES SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS TELECOM SECTOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE TELECOMMUNICATIONS OPERATORS TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICIES TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES TELEDENSITY TELEPHONE DENSITY TELEPHONE LINES TELEPHONE PENETRATION TELEPHONE SERVICE TELEPHONES TELEPHONY UNIVERSAL ACCESS UNIVERSAL ACCESS COSTS UNIVERSAL SERVICE URBAN AREAS IC4D With some 6 billion mobile subscriptions in use worldwide, around three-quarters of the world's inhabitants now have access to a mobile phone. Mobiles are arguably the most ubiquitous modern technology: in some developing countries, more people have access to a mobile phone than to a bank account, electricity, or even clean water. Mobile communications now offer major opportunities to advance human development from providing basic access to education or health information to making cash payments to stimulating citizen involvement in democratic processes. The developing world is 'more mobile' than the developed world. In the developed world, mobile communications have added value to legacy communication systems and have supplemented and expanded existing information flows. However, the developing world is following a different, 'mobile first' development trajectory. Many mobile innovations such as multi-SIM card phones, low-value recharges, and mobile payments have originated in poorer countries and are spreading from there. New mobile applications that are designed locally and rooted in the realities of the developing world will be much better suited to addressing development challenges than applications transplanted from elsewhere. In particular, locally developed applications can address developing-country concerns such as digital literacy and affordability. This 2012 edition of the World Bank's information and communications for development report analyzes the growth and evolution of mobile telephony, and the rise of data-based services delivered to handheld devices, including apps. The report explores the consequences for development of the emerging 'app economy.' It summarizes current thinking and seeks to inform the debate on the use of mobile phones for development. This report looks at key ecosystem-based applications in agriculture, health, financial services, employment, and government, with chapters devoted to each. 2012-12-11T19:31:01Z 2012-12-11T19:31:01Z 2012-08-15 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/08/16653599/2012-information-communications-development-maximizing-mobile 978-0-8213-8991-1 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11958 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Publication Publications & Research
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topic ACCESS TO INFORMATION
ACCESS TO KNOWLEDGE
ALTERNATIVE POLICIES
BROADCASTING
COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
DECISION-MAKING
DIGITAL DIVIDE
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC IMPACT
EMPLOYMENT
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH CARE FINANCING
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
ICT
INCOME
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME LEVELS
INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE
INFORMATION SERVICES
INFORMATION STORAGE
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
INNOVATIONS
INTERNET ACCESS
INTERNET HOSTS
KNOWLEDGE FOR DEVELOPMENT
LIVING CONDITIONS
LOW INCOME
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
MARKET LIBERALIZATION
MARKET PRICES
MCT
MEDIA
MULTIPURPOSE COMMUNITY TELECENTER
NATIONAL INCOME
OIL
POLICY INSTRUMENTS
POSTAL SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRODUCTIVITY
RADIO
RURAL COMMUNITIES
RURAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS
RURAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVELOPMENT
SAFETY NETS
SOCIAL SERVICES
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS
TELECOM SECTOR
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY
TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE
TELECOMMUNICATIONS OPERATORS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICIES
TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR
TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES
TELEDENSITY
TELEPHONE DENSITY
TELEPHONE LINES
TELEPHONE PENETRATION
TELEPHONE SERVICE
TELEPHONES
TELEPHONY
UNIVERSAL ACCESS
UNIVERSAL ACCESS COSTS
UNIVERSAL SERVICE
URBAN AREAS
IC4D
spellingShingle ACCESS TO INFORMATION
ACCESS TO KNOWLEDGE
ALTERNATIVE POLICIES
BROADCASTING
COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS
COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
DECISION-MAKING
DIGITAL DIVIDE
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC IMPACT
EMPLOYMENT
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH CARE FINANCING
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
ICT
INCOME
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME LEVELS
INFORMATION INFRASTRUCTURE
INFORMATION SERVICES
INFORMATION STORAGE
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
INNOVATIONS
INTERNET ACCESS
INTERNET HOSTS
KNOWLEDGE FOR DEVELOPMENT
LIVING CONDITIONS
LOW INCOME
LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES
MARKET LIBERALIZATION
MARKET PRICES
MCT
MEDIA
MULTIPURPOSE COMMUNITY TELECENTER
NATIONAL INCOME
OIL
POLICY INSTRUMENTS
POSTAL SECTOR
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRODUCTIVITY
RADIO
RURAL COMMUNITIES
RURAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS
RURAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVELOPMENT
SAFETY NETS
SOCIAL SERVICES
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS
TELECOM SECTOR
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY
TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE
TELECOMMUNICATIONS OPERATORS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICIES
TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR
TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES
TELEDENSITY
TELEPHONE DENSITY
TELEPHONE LINES
TELEPHONE PENETRATION
TELEPHONE SERVICE
TELEPHONES
TELEPHONY
UNIVERSAL ACCESS
UNIVERSAL ACCESS COSTS
UNIVERSAL SERVICE
URBAN AREAS
IC4D
World Bank
2012 Information and Communications for Development : Maximizing Mobile
description With some 6 billion mobile subscriptions in use worldwide, around three-quarters of the world's inhabitants now have access to a mobile phone. Mobiles are arguably the most ubiquitous modern technology: in some developing countries, more people have access to a mobile phone than to a bank account, electricity, or even clean water. Mobile communications now offer major opportunities to advance human development from providing basic access to education or health information to making cash payments to stimulating citizen involvement in democratic processes. The developing world is 'more mobile' than the developed world. In the developed world, mobile communications have added value to legacy communication systems and have supplemented and expanded existing information flows. However, the developing world is following a different, 'mobile first' development trajectory. Many mobile innovations such as multi-SIM card phones, low-value recharges, and mobile payments have originated in poorer countries and are spreading from there. New mobile applications that are designed locally and rooted in the realities of the developing world will be much better suited to addressing development challenges than applications transplanted from elsewhere. In particular, locally developed applications can address developing-country concerns such as digital literacy and affordability. This 2012 edition of the World Bank's information and communications for development report analyzes the growth and evolution of mobile telephony, and the rise of data-based services delivered to handheld devices, including apps. The report explores the consequences for development of the emerging 'app economy.' It summarizes current thinking and seeks to inform the debate on the use of mobile phones for development. This report looks at key ecosystem-based applications in agriculture, health, financial services, employment, and government, with chapters devoted to each.
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title 2012 Information and Communications for Development : Maximizing Mobile
title_short 2012 Information and Communications for Development : Maximizing Mobile
title_full 2012 Information and Communications for Development : Maximizing Mobile
title_fullStr 2012 Information and Communications for Development : Maximizing Mobile
title_full_unstemmed 2012 Information and Communications for Development : Maximizing Mobile
title_sort 2012 information and communications for development : maximizing mobile
publisher Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/08/16653599/2012-information-communications-development-maximizing-mobile
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