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- Mauritania
  
  People
  
  Population 3.12 mln
  
  Population growth 3%
  
  Life expectancy 64 years
  
  Net migration 30,000
  
  Economy
  
  GDP $2.64 bln
  
  - per capita $847
  
  - growth rate 2%
  
  FDI, net inflows $0.15 bln
  
  Infrastructure
  
  Cellphone users 42%
  
  Internet users 1%
  
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How to use text messaging as an effective behavior change campaigning tool

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SMS is ideal for these types of campaigns in many ways: it is immediate and intimate, coming straight to a device you carry with you most of the time; it works even in places where other digital communications channels fail; and, if received at the right time, it can provide an incredibly meaningful intervention. SMS can also be sent to many people at once, using aggregators and other service providers.However, getting SMS campaigns right is not simple. The right content, delivered at the right more...

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D C on March 14, 2012

Kenyan farmers’ use of Cell Phones: Calling preferred over SMS

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The increasing penetration of mobile phones in Kenya has led to a rise in SMS-based information dissemination services. Such services have potential to reduce information asymmetry and empower farmers with weather, market, and other relevant information. However, a number of factors other than the sheer existence of the phone need to be in place for such potential to be realized. Data was gathered using 117 questionnaires administered in 6 Kenyan provinces, as well as 12 focus groups conducted more...

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D C on April 26, 2012

Scaling a changing curve: Traditional media development and the new media

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Incorporating and anticipating new media technologies in traditional independent media-development models may be a more complicated process than it appears. Particularly because use of these technologies can be spontaneous, user-driven, and relatively low-cost, it would appear that making creative use of them would be relatively easy for donors and practitioners working on independent media development. Nevertheless, there are additional factors that must be considered, including questions of more...

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D C on March 26, 2012

Striving and surviving: Exploring the lives of women at the base of the pyramid (BoP)

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Striving and Surviving reveals that for most BoP [base of the pyramid] women, the main priority in life is simple survival. Better housing, family healthcare and a more stable income were also among the greatest priorities. If the mobile industry provides practical and affordable solutions to address these priorities, they are likely to find a receptive audience who stand to gain much from mobile ownership. This report also identifies unique social, cultural and economic factors within each more...

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D C on March 13, 2012

Ethnography of the telephone: Changing uses of communication technology in village life

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While mobile HCI has encompassed a range of devices and systems, telephone calls on cellphones remain the most prevalent contemporary form of mobile technology use. In this paper we document ethnographic work studying a remote Mexican village’s use of cellphones alongside conventional phones, shared phones and the Internet. While few homes in the village we studied have running water, many children have iPods and the Internet cafe in the closest town is heavily used to access YouTube, more...

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D C on February 16, 2012

The role of mobile-enabled social media in social development

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A number of countries recently experienced protests organized by citizens that were in pursuit of accountability and openness from government. It was witnessed that social media played a highly important role in those events; among others, continuously providing updated information, establishing human networks, forming opinions, mobilizing people, and taking concerted actions.Of course, social media is not the sole reason that made the events happen. However, it can be at least said that the more...

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D C on November 27, 2011

Evaluating mHealth adoption barriers: Human behavior

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The Vodafone Health Debate series brings together senior pharma, public and private health stakeholders to learn, share and debate on issues and new thinking brought forward by renowned thought leaders and industry experts. Regulatory complexity, financial constraints, entrenched infrastructures and poor investment in technology combined with a lack of understanding by technology providers has meant that digital innovation in healthcare has been slow to take hold.However, given changing more...

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D C on November 27, 2011

Mobile phone-based infectious disease surveillance system, Sri Lanka

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Because many infectious diseases are emerging in animals in low-income and middle-income countries, surveillance of animal health in these areas may be needed for forecasting disease risks to humans. In practice, establishing links between animal and human health data has been difficult because data from animal and human health surveillance systems are obtained at different resolutions and scales and for different purposes. Human health surveillance is often based on aggregated diagnoses data more...

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D C on November 20, 2011

Text4Baby: Maternal health messages via SMS

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Developed by the national Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition and mobile health service provider Voxiva, Text4Baby uses SMS to send free health news and information to US subscribers. Started in February 2010, the program now has (as of November 28, 2011) about 258,000 people enrolled. About 24 million messages have been sent on a variety of subjects like labor and delivery, nutrition, immunizations, mental health, developmental milestones, family violence, physical activity, and more...

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D C on January 12, 2012

A doctor in your pocket: Health hotlines in developing countries

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Health hotlines are medical call centers that provide health-related information, advice, referrals, and sometimes prescriptions to individual callers over a phone line. Callers are connected to health professionals (nurses, paramedics or physicians) who usually follow standard protocols to assess medical situations and provide information and advice.

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D C on November 20, 2011

Improved response to disasters and outbreaks by tracking population movements and mobile phone network data: A post earthquake geospatial study in Haiti

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Population movements following disasters can cause important increases in morbidity and mortality. Without knowledge of the locations of affected people, relief assistance is compromised. No rapid and accurate method exists to track population movements after disasters. We used position data of subscriber identity module (SIM) cards from the largest mobile phone company in Haiti (Digicel) to estimate the magnitude and trends of population movements following the Haiti 2010 earthquake and more...

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D C on February 08, 2012

Evaluating a pilot of a mobile service in Kenya

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Deploying and evaluating a new technology is a major challenge in ICTD research. Introducing new technologies can be hampered by a lack of cultural insight, poor or delayed feedback, and limited evaluation procedures, among other factors. This short paper offers a model for introducing technology in developing regions that mitigates these factors. We call these steps the “Huzzah method,” inspired by a quotation that rightly derides technology that is introduced from afar and poorly evaluated. more...

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D C on August 23, 2011

Mobiles for Development data sheet

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Mobiles for Development is a research study commissioned by UNICEF to help the organization understand the global mobile telephony landscape as it relates to advancing development, and as an area of significant future opportunities. Evidence for the report comes from UNICEF operational staff and representatives of mobile operators in 14 countries (Bangladesh, Egypt, Ghana, Iraq, Kosovo, Lao PDR, Malawi, Mongolia, Philippines, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Uganda, and Zambia). The report more...

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D C on March 20, 2011

Mobile Tactics for Participants in Peaceful Assemblies

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If you are participating in a peaceful assembly as a journalist, rights defender, or activist, your mobile phone is an invaluable asset. It allows you to communicate with allies, to document the event, and bear witness to what is happening around you. At the same time, you should take certain precautions in your mobile use and communications. The following Guide can help you to utilize your mobile phone during peaceful assemblies effectively and, at the same time, better protect yourself.The more...

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D C on June 06, 2011

How Small World News Trains Citizen Journalists and Captures Footage from Libya

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rmed with a few Kodak Zi8 cameras, 6 HTC Wildfire mobile phones, energy, expertise in training citizen journalists, Small World News is working to share stories from Libya with the larger world.Small World News is on the ground in Benghazi training Libyans to capture and tell video stories of events in this volatile region. Along the way, the team has also captured footage that no other main stream media outlet has been able to get.As part of its work in Libya, Small World News captures audio more...

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D C on March 20, 2011

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