Reflections on a Decade of Mobiles in Development

Ken Banks

doi:10.5334/sta.cm

Reflections on a Decade of Mobiles in Development

Stability: International Journal of Security and Development

Volume 2 (2013): Issue 3

By: Ken Banks

Open Access

|Oct 2013

Abstract

I’m all for discussion and debate, and I’ve taken part in my fair share over the last decade. But I’m now beginning to wonder if, after all this time, everything the ICT for Development (ICT4D) community could have said has been said. The fact that it is still talking about the same handful of challenges and issues implies that very little, if anything, has changed. Have we really made so little progress?

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/sta.cm | Journal eISSN: 2165-2627

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Language: English

Published on: Oct 2, 2013

Published by: Department of Peace Studies and International Development, University of Bradford

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