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Making a community network legal within the South African regulatory framework 使社区网络在南非监管框架内合法化

Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development Pub Date : 2015-05-15 DOI: 10.1145/2737856.2737867

Carlos Rey-Moreno, W. Tucker, D. Cull, R. Blom

引用次数: 21

Promises and pitfalls of mobile money in Afghanistan: evidence from a randomized control trial 阿富汗移动货币的承诺和陷阱:来自随机对照试验的证据

Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development Pub Date : 2015-05-15 DOI: 10.1145/2737856.2738031

J. Blumenstock, M. Callen, Tarek Ghani, L. Koepke

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引用次数: 92

Fine-tuning Kleine's choice framework 微调Kleine的选择框架

Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development Pub Date : 2015-05-15 DOI: 10.1145/2737856.2737868

H. Attwood, Julian May

引用次数: 4

SafeStreet: empowering women against street harassment using a privacy-aware location based application SafeStreet:利用一款基于隐私的定位应用程序，让女性免受街头骚扰

Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development Pub Date : 2015-05-15 DOI: 10.1145/2737856.2737870

Mohammed Eunus Ali, Shabnam Basera Rishta, Lazima Ansari, T. Hashem, Ahamad Imtiaz Khan

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引用次数: 36

The 2014 Indian general election on Twitter: an analysis of changing political traditions 推特上的2014年印度大选:对政治传统变化的分析

Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development Pub Date : 2015-05-15 DOI: 10.1145/2737856.2737889

Kokil Jaidka, Saifuddin Ahmed

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引用次数: 24

Counteracting dampeners: understanding technology-amplified capabilities of people with disabilities in Sierra Leone 抵消阻碍因素:了解塞拉利昂残疾人的技术增强能力

Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development Pub Date : 2015-05-15 DOI: 10.1145/2737856.2738025

Jasmine Jones, J. Pal

引用次数: 10

ICTD systems development: analysis of requirements elicitation approaches ICTD系统开发:需求引出方法的分析

Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development Pub Date : 2015-05-15 DOI: 10.1145/2737856.2737886

M. Hasan

引用次数: 2

"Buuza Omulimisa" (ask the extension officer): text messaging for low literate farming communities in rural Uganda “Buuza Omulimisa”(问推广官员):为乌干达农村文化水平低的农业社区提供短信服务

Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development Pub Date : 2015-05-15 DOI: 10.1145/2737856.2737908

Daniel Ninsiima

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引用次数: 10

Graspeo: a social media platform for knowledge management in NGOs Graspeo:非政府组织知识管理的社交媒体平台

Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development Pub Date : 2015-05-15 DOI: 10.1145/2737856.2737887

A. Vozniuk, A. Holzer, Sten Govaerts, J. Mazuze, D. Gillet

引用次数: 8

Assessing outcome and impact: towards a comprehensive evaluation approach in ICT4D 评估结果和影响:迈向ICT4D的综合评估方法

Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development Pub Date : 2015-05-15 DOI: 10.1145/2737856.2737884

Hafeni Mthoko, Caroline Khene

引用次数: 7