Research approaches to mobile use in the develo** world: A review of the literature

J Donner - The information society, 2008‏ - Taylor & Francis
This paper reviews roughly 200 recent studies of mobile (cellular) phone use in the
develo** world, and identifies major concentrations of research. It categorizes studies …

Open data kit: tools to build information services for develo** regions

C Hartung, A Lerer, Y Anokwa, C Tseng… - Proceedings of the 4th …, 2010‏ - dl.acm.org
This paper presents Open Data Kit (ODK), an extensible, open-source suite of tools
designed to build information services for develo** regions. ODK currently provides four …

Postcolonial computing: a lens on design and development

L Irani, J Vertesi, P Dourish, K Philip… - Proceedings of the …, 2010‏ - dl.acm.org
As our technologies travel to new cultural contexts and our designs and methods engage
new constituencies, both our design and analytical practices face significant challenges. We …

Designing mobile interfaces for novice and low-literacy users

I Medhi, S Patnaik, E Brunskill, SNN Gautama… - ACM Transactions on …, 2011‏ - dl.acm.org
While mobile phones have found broad application in bringing health, financial, and other
services to the develo** world, usability remains a major hurdle for novice and low-literacy …

Youth participatory action research (YPAR) 2.0: How technological innovation and digital organizing sparked a food revolution in East Oakland

A Akom, A Shah, A Nakai, T Cruz - International Journal of …, 2016‏ - Taylor & Francis
This article argues that technological innovation is transforming the flow of information, the
fluidity of social action, and is giving birth to new forms of bottom up innovation that are …

Mobile divides: gender, socioeconomic status, and mobile phone use in Rwanda

J Blumenstock, N Eagle - Proceedings of the 4th ACM/IEEE international …, 2010‏ - dl.acm.org
We combine data from a field survey with transaction log data from a mobile phone operator
to provide new insight into daily patterns of mobile phone use in Rwanda. The analysis is …

Human-computer interaction for development: The past, present, and future

MR Ho, TN Smyth, M Kam, A Dearden - Information Technologies & …, 2009‏ - itidjournal.org
Recent years have seen a burgeoning interest in research into the use of information and
communication technologies (ICTs) in the context of develo** regions, particularly into …

Mobile-banking adoption and usage by low-literate, low-income users in the develo** world

I Medhi, A Ratan, K Toyama - … Conference, IDGD 2009, Held as Part of HCI …, 2009‏ - Springer
Due to the increasing penetration of mobile phones even in poor communities, mobile-
phone-enabled banking (m-banking) services are being increasingly targeted at the …

A comparison of mobile money-transfer UIs for non-literate and semi-literate users

I Medhi, SNN Gautama, K Toyama - Proceedings of the SIGCHI …, 2009‏ - dl.acm.org
Due to the increasing penetration of mobile phones even into poor communities, mobile
payment schemes could bring formal financial services to the" unbanked". However …

[PDF][PDF] Divided we call: disparities in access and use of mobile phones in Rwanda

JE Blumenstock, N Eagle - Information Technologies & International …, 2012‏ - itidjournal.org
This article provides quantitative evidence of disparities in mobile phone access and use in
Rwanda. Our analysis leverages data collected in 901 field interviews, which were merged …