Technology in Development Flashcards
What continent has the world’s fastest growing mobile market?
Africa
Example of text messaging service in Africa
Sokoni
What does the Sokoni messaging service provide
commodity exchange informs people about prices
Who does the Sokoni messaging service benefit?
- empowers farmers who choose when to sell
Advantage of mobile tech over laptops X2
cheaper - so more appropriate
nations able to leapfrog
no high literacy level needed
Disadvantage of technology in promoting development
may lead to digital divide domestically
Population of Mongolia which is nomadic herders
40%
telephone density in Mongolia
4 per 1,000
literacy rate in mongolia - what does this suggest?
90%
internet access would be worthwhile investment
Who is the APDIP funded by ?
UN
What does APDIP stand for?
Asia-Pacific Development Information Programme
What does the APDIP provide?
free information centres
What can people of Mongolia do at the APDIP information centres?
connect to central government for weather / commodity prices
Advantage of bottom up development; X4
- empower locals
- less environ. degradation
- local skills utilised
- less homogenisation
Advantage of top-down development; X4
- funding more available
- larger scale
- utilitarianism (benefit of masses)
- external popular pressure to achieve
