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    Poverty, Inequality, and Development
    (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013-09-06) Bowman, Kirk ; Best, Michael L. ; Shemyakina, Olga ; Dhongde, Shatakshee ; Boston, Danny
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    Special Editorial from Michael Best
    (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012) Best, Michael L.
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    From the Editors
    (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011) Best, Michael L. ; Bar, François
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    Exploring Facets of Community
    (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011) Best, Michael L. ; Bar, François
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    The Contribution of User-Based Subsidies to the Impact and Sustainability of Telecenters: The eCenter Project in Kyrgyzstan
    (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010) Best, Michael L. ; Thakur, Dhanaraj ; Kolko, Beth
    We examine the extent to which user-based subsidies can promote the financial/social sustainability and development impact of telecenters. We do this by looking at a coupon scheme used by the USAID funded eCenter network in Kyrgyzstan. We found that user-based subsidies have, to a certain degree, aided financial sustainability by bringing new users to the center. However, the distribution of the coupons did not improve social sustainability since, for instance, the process favored more regular users of the eCenters. Finally, the coupon program had a limited development impact on participating communities. We argue that, if the eCenters had narrowly targeted particular participants for the coupon programs, it is likely that the benefits of the program could have been enhanced. A method of incentivizing eCenter management to perform such targeting is probably required.
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    Building on Seven Years of Collaborative Effort
    (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010) Best, Michael L. ; Tomaya, Kentaro ; Bar, François
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    Uses of Mobile Phones in Post-Conflict Liberia
    (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010) Best, Michael L. ; Smyth, Thomas N. ; Etherton, John ; Wornyo, Edem
    Liberia is a country emerging from years of protracted and devastating civil conflict. Left without any fixed-line telephone infrastructure, it relies solely on the mobile phone for telephony. This study investigates the usage of mobile phones in this immediate post-conflict setting. In particular, we adopt the uses and gratifications approach to media research, giving focus to both instrumental and intrinsic motivations for use. We surveyed 85 mobile phone users in both the capital city of Monrovia and various rural areas, as well as interviewing experts from two major service providers and the industry regulator. Users were interviewed using the Q methodology, which identified distinct perspectives within these urban and rural groups. These identified perspectives included sets of users who saw their phones as productivity enhancers, means of connectivity to family and friends, essential business tools, technological curiosities, and sources of personal security. The idea of a phone as a stylish object was markedly rejected, especially in rural areas. Expert interviews confirmed and supplemented these findings. We contrast these results from Liberia with previous work from Kigali, Rwanda, finding differences especially as related to security.
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    Understanding Our Knowledge Gaps: Or, Do We Have an ICT4D Field? And Do We Want One?
    (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010) Best, Michael L.
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    Forward
    (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010) Best, Michael L. ; Bar, François
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    Crossing the Disciplines
    (Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009) Best, Michael L. ; Bar, François