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Published on: Jan 16 2015 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on Free USAID Course: How To Use Mobile Data Solutions for Better Development Outcomes
Leading global development organizations are just beginning to utilize mobile technologies to improve the efficiency and quality of the data they collect, manage, analyze, and share. However, there is so much more the international...
Published on: Jan 14 2015 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on Remote Sensing: Welcome to the New Data-Enhanced Era of M&E Tech
Demonstrating impact has become an important focus in international development. Yet, how to accurately capture this impact is a challenge many organizations are grappling with. In fact, many rely on twentieth-century data...
Technology not only has the power to connect people, but also the power to reinforce and disseminate social and cultural structures and help normalize gender roles. The technology revolution has brought new types of gender-based...
Published on: Jan 09 2015 by Denise Phelps - Comments Off on How To Ethically Use Drones in International Development?
Drones use in humanitarian and international development projects are controversial. Reflecting this reality, the recently released UN policy brief cautions practitioners to consider the potential ramifications of their...
Recently at a Red Cross resilience event in Nairobi, we explored several new and emerging technologies for development, including smart cars. While that didn’t resonate with many Kenyans, the idea of a Smart Matatu...
Only about 10 to 15 percent of people in Myanmar own a mobile phone today, but Myanmar may become the first country ever to leapfrog over the simple stick phone and the slightly more advanced “feature phone” directly...
Published on: Jan 02 2015 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on Using GIS Technology to Reach Afro-Colombian and Indigenous Populations
Colombian GIS Expert Carlos Julio Neisa is always looking for innovative ways to use maps and geographic data. To him, GPS coordinates can open up a world of possibilities that allow ACDI/VOCA’s Afro-Colombian and Indigenous...
Published on: Dec 31 2014 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on Green ICT: Taking Major Leaps to Reduce the Carbon Footprint of Businesses
From India to South Korea and beyond, businesses worldwide are scrambling to reduce their carbon footprint and trying to operate with a higher degree of environmental sustainability.
One way for them to do that...
Published on: Dec 29 2014 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on The 5 Most Effective Educational Technology Interventions
There is enormous interest and investment in the potential of educational technology (ICT4Edu) to improve the quality of teaching and learning in low and lower-middle income countries. The primary aim of the DfID-funded...
Published on: Dec 24 2014 by Guest Writer - Comments Off on Transactional Data: How Mobile Network Operators Leverage Data for Better Service and What It Means for M&E
Mobile for Development Impact were delighted to support the recent M & E Tech events in Washington D.C and New York. We see our role as catalysing the creation of commercially sustainable mobile enabled products services...
