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Cloud Computing for Development: A Four-Stage Analysis of Public, Private, and Hybrid Solutions
July 12, 2017 Editor 0
The idea of using the cloud for development is gaining popularity. In a 2013 assessment of “The Cloud Economy and Developing Countries” United Nations Secretary-General BAN Ki-moon lauded the cloud’s potential for fostering economic and social development and furthering Millennium Development Goals. A 2016 World Economic Forum report said with help from cloud provided services, […]
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What About Facebook Messenger Chatbots for Development?
July 12, 2017 Editor 0
Bolsa Familia is the Brazilian Government program for conditional income-transfers serving 14 million families living in poverty throughout the country. However, families have to consult the program manager at their city hall to see if they are eligible for the program. Any Brazilian poor enough to be eligible for Bolsa Familia could be discouraged from […]
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Foreign direct investment and development: Insights from literature and ideas for research
November 26, 2015 Editor 0
For many decades, academia and policy making has debated about the role of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in development. Such question has been very difficult to elucidate, not only because the discussion has being colored by many ideological dogmas, but also because the very fundamental characteristics of cross border investment have evolved over time. Indeed, […]
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Building for Development: Could Infrastructure Draw Unexpected Investors to Africa?
November 17, 2014 Editor 0
Only one out of every 40 dollars of foreign direct investment (FDI) since the 1990s has gone to Sub-Saharan Africa. This is dwarfed by the one out of every eight dollars that went to Latin America and the Caribbean, or the more impressive one out of every four dollars invested in Asian countries. Yet recent […]
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University for Women Key to African Agriculture
September 24, 2014 Editor 0
“ARU was incubated by the Uganda Rural Development and Training Program (URDT), a non-governmental organization (NGO) founded in 1987. It is the first African university dedicated to training women. It is one of the first African universities to be incubated by a rural NGO and show great promise in the potential for growth among local […]
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Technological Leapfrogging in Agriculture
September 19, 2014 Editor 0
“To harness the globally available technologies, African leaders will need to take into account the multisectoral dimension of African agriculture and pay particular attention to the urgency of investing in rural infrastructure, higher agricultural training and creation of regional markets.” Go to Source Related articles across the web African Agriculture Stakeholders: Put More Action in […]
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