Digital economies at global margins
Investigations of what increasing digital connectivity and the digitalization of the economy mean for people and places at the world's economic margins. Within the last decade, more than one billion people became new Internet users. Once, digital connectivity was confined to economically prospe...
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| Médium: | E-kniha Kniha |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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Cambridge
MIT Press
2019
International Development Research Centre The MIT Press |
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| Edice: | International Development Research Centre |
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| ISBN: | 0262535890, 9780262535892, 9780262349482, 0262349485 |
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- 5 "Let the Private Sector Take Care of This": The Philanthro-Capitalism of Digital Humanitarianism -- Introduction -- The Social Origins of Digital Humanitarianism -- No Free Gift: Philanthro-capitalism and Humanitarianism -- The Extended Case Method -- Austerity and Innovation -- Philanthro-capitalism and Digital Humanitarianism -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 6 The Digitalization of Anti-poverty Programs: Aadhaar and the Reform of Social Protection in India -- Introduction -- Theoretical Perspective: Technology as a Shaper of Policy -- Aadhaar and the Indian Food Security System -- Analysis: Two Perspectives on Aadhaar -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 7 The Myth of Market Price Information: Mobile Phones and the Application of Economic Knowledge in ICTD -- Introduction -- Birth of a Myth: "Market Price Information" as Boundary Object in the ICTD Community -- A Counter-Narrative -- Myth 1: Information on Prices Is Scarce -- Myth 2: Market Prices Are the Most Critical Piece of Information in TradeRelated Decision Making -- Myth 3: Improvements in Market Efficiency Realized by the Mobile Phone Stem from the Better Circulation of Market Prices -- Myth 4: Obtaining Market Prices Is the Most Valued Application of the Mobile Phone in Trade -- Conclusion: Information as Boundary Object in Market Information Services -- Acknowledgments -- References -- II Digital Production at Global Margins -- 8 Hope and Hype in Africa's Digital Economy: The Rise of Innovation Hubs -- Introduction -- Method -- A History of African Hubs and Their Diffusion -- Network Infrastructures or Incubators? Two Expectations for Hubs -- Discussion -- Conclusion and Outlook -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- 9 Hackathons and the Cultivation of Platform Dependence -- Introduction -- What Are Hackathons?
- Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Changing Connectivity and Digital Economies at Global Margins -- Digital Economies -- Changing Connectivities -- Shifting Geographies -- Information and Communication Technologies for Development -- Digital Economies at Global Margins -- Notes -- References -- Opening Essays -- Marginal Benefits at the Global Margins: The Unfulfilled Potential of Digital Technologies -- Notes -- References -- Toward the Transformative Power of Universal Connectivity -- Notes -- A Data-Driven Approach to Closing the Internet Inclusion Gap -- References -- Digital Services and Industrial Inclusion: Growing Africa's Technological Complexity -- References -- Platforms at the Margins -- References -- Digital Economies at Global Margins: A Warning from the Dark Side -- References -- Digital Globality and Economic Margins-Unpacking Myths, Recovering Materialities -- Digital Economy: Mission Unbounded -- Digital Globality: Material and Metaphoric -- Disassembling the Present, Assembling the Future -- Notes -- References -- I Digitalization at Global Margins -- 2 Making Sense of Digital Disintermediation and Development: The Case of the Mombasa Tea Auction -- Introduction -- Disintermediation and Transaction Costs -- Methodology -- The Evolution of the Mombasa Tea Auction -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- 3 Development or Divide? Information and Communication Technologies in Commercial Small-Scale Farming in East Africa -- Introduction -- ICT for Development and Its Relevance for Small-Scale Farming -- Methodology -- Empirical Results and Discussion -- Conclusion and Outlook -- Notes -- References -- 4 Digital Inclusion, Female Entrepreneurship, and the Production of Neoliberal Subjects-Views from Chile and Tanzania -- Introduction -- Case Studies -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References
- Tapping Labor, Expertise, Relationships, and Political Hope -- Searching for Value at the Margins of Platforms -- Hackathons and the Production of Inclusion -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 10 Meeting Social Objectives with Offshore Service Work: Evaluating Impact Sourcing in the Philippines -- Introduction -- Literature Review: Impact Sourcing -- Research Methodology -- Impact Sourcing in the Philippines -- Empirical Results -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 11 Digital Labor and Development: Impacts of Global Digital Labor Platforms and the Gig Economy on Worker Livelihoods -- The Rise of Digital Labor -- Empirical Foundation -- Four Concerns for Digital Labor -- Possible Implications for Policy and Practice: Four Strategies -- Concluding Remarks -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- 12 Geographic Discrimination in the Gig Economy -- Introduction -- Discrimination in Labor Markets and the Emergence of Digital Work -- Data and Descriptive Results -- Method and Results -- Conclusions -- Support -- Notes -- References -- 13 Margins at the Center: Alternative Digital Economies in Shenzhen, China -- Introduction -- Conceptualizing Marginality -- Regional and National Contexts -- Shanzhai in Shenzhen -- Didi and the Platformization of Ride Services in Shenzhen -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- 14 African Economies: Simply Connect? Problematizing the Discourse on Connectivity in Logistics and Communication -- Introduction -- The Specter of Modernization: Situating Connectivity Historically -- Connecting through Logistics -- Mobile Phone Connectivity -- Problematizing Connectivity in the 21st Century -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Author Affiliations -- Index