5. Connecting to work: non-agricultural livelihood opportunities for rural wage labour in Sri Lanka

Balasuriya, A.; Silva, N. de; Grimshaw, David J.; Kala, Štěpán

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“…One study looks at the performance of the Berendina Employment Resources Centre in Sri Lanka, which uses a computerised database and mobile phones to match demand and supply for labour in rural areas. It finds that hardly any users took up the job offers provided through the centre because they did not trust offers received over the phone (Balasuriya and de Silva, ).…”

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The Little We Know: An Exploratory Literature Review on the Utility of Mobile Phone‐Enabled Services for Smallholder Farmers

Baumüller

2017

J of Intl Development

121

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Mobile technologies could help to improve service delivery to smallholder farmers, but whether such services are fulfilling their potential remains poorly understood. To address this gap, this article presents an exploratory literature review regarding the impact of mobile phone-enabled services on farmers in developing countries. The review highlights a dearth of empirical evidence in this area. Findings suggest that farmers benefited through improvements in production planning, management of weather-related risks, and greater ease in receiving money. The review also points to several methodological shortcomings, notably the reliance on perception data and the failure to assess impacts in relation to usage.

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Section: A Review Of Empirical Evidence: Facilitating Adoption Of Innmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Little We Know: An Exploratory Literature Review on the Utility of Mobile Phone‐Enabled Services for Smallholder Farmers

Baumüller

2017

J of Intl Development

121

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ICT4D 3.0? Part 2—The patterns of an emerging “digital‐for‐development” paradigm

Heeks

2020

E J Info Sys Dev Countries

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There is evidence of "ICT4D 3.0": a new "digital-for-development" paradigm emerging in the relationship between digital technologies and international development.Part 1 of this paper looked at the component parts of that paradigm. Part 2, provided here, analyses the impact of the paradigm on development. It does this by looking for big-picture patterns in terms of two key logics that shape society: the logic of competition and the logic of cooperation. Looking at evidence in the economic and political domains, it finds that digital technologies are associated with a reproduction, diffusion, mutation and intensification of the dominant, competitive logic in developing countries. We see this in relation to capitalism, competitive markets and hierarchical state-citizen relations. At the same time, though, the digital-for-development paradigm is also associated with growing examples and opportunities for an alternative economics and an alternative politics based around cooperative logic. The paper ends with some suggestions for the future digital-for-development research agenda.ICT4D, digital-for-development, paradigm, trends, logics | INTRODUCTIONAs argued in Part 1 of this two-part paper, there is evidence of a new relationship between digital technologies and international development. It was suggested this might be called a "digital-for-development" paradigm, which could be understood through the framework shown in Figure 1.Part 1 laid out the components of that emerging paradigm: what were called its "foundations" and "building blocks." In this part of the paper, I look at the impact and implications of the paradigm; particularly seeking to understand some of its big-picture patterns in relation to two fundamental guiding forces for human society: competitive logic and cooperative logic.First, this paper briefly explains these two logics as the basis for viewing the impact of a digital-for-development paradigm. The main weight of the paper is then given to looking at evidence for five patterns of relation between the two logics: seen first in evidence from the digital economy and second in evidence about the intersection between digital technologies and politics in developing countries. The paper ends with a short conclusion and reflection on elements of a digital-for-development research agenda. | IMPACT OF THE DIGITAL-FOR-DEVELOPMENT PARADIGMThe impact of digital information and communication technologies (ICTs) on international development can be considered at the micro-level of the individual. There is, for example, an ongoing stream of evidence conceptualising this through one or more of three lenses (Heeks, 2014):• Economic: development as accumulation of financial capital.

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Facilitating Agricultural Technology Adoption Among the Poor: The Role of Service Delivery Through Mobile Phones

Baumüller¹

2012

SSRN Journal

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5. Connecting to work: non-agricultural livelihood opportunities for rural wage labour in Sri Lanka

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The Little We Know: An Exploratory Literature Review on the Utility of Mobile Phone‐Enabled Services for Smallholder Farmers

The Little We Know: An Exploratory Literature Review on the Utility of Mobile Phone‐Enabled Services for Smallholder Farmers

ICT4D 3.0? Part 2—The patterns of an emerging “digital‐for‐development” paradigm

Facilitating Agricultural Technology Adoption Among the Poor: The Role of Service Delivery Through Mobile Phones

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