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		<title>Tech Diffusion and Emerging Economies</title>
		<link>http://ruralict.wordpress.com/2008/02/11/tech-diffusion-and-emerging-economies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:28:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Economist recently ran an interesting piece that is based on the just-released World Bank Global Economic Prospects report. A key passage: But the degree varies widely. In almost all industrialised countries, once a technology is adopted it goes on to achieve mass-market scale, reaching 25% of the market for that particular device. Usually it [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ruralict.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1804947&amp;post=18&amp;subd=ruralict&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Economist recently ran an <a href="http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10640716">interesting piece</a> that is based on the just-released <a href="http://econ.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTDEC/EXTDECPROSPECTS/GEPEXT/EXTGEP2008/0,,menuPK:4503385~pagePK:64167702~piPK:64167676~theSitePK:4503324,00.html">World Bank Global Economic Prospects</a> report.</p>
<p>A key passage:</p>
<blockquote><p>But the degree varies widely. In almost all industrialised countries, once a  technology is adopted it goes on to achieve mass-market scale, reaching 25% of  the market for that particular device. Usually it hits 50%. In the World Bank&#8217;s  (admittedly incomplete) database, there are 28 examples of a new technology  reaching 5% of the market in a rich country; of those, 23 went on to achieve  over 50%. In other words, if something gets a foothold in a rich country, it  usually spreads widely.</p>
<p>In emerging markets this is not necessarily so. The bank has 67 examples of a  technology reaching 5% of the market in developing countries—but only six went  on to capture half the national market. Where it did catch on, it usually spread  as quickly as in the West. But the more striking finding is that the spread was  so rare. Developing countries have been good at getting access to technology—and  much less good at putting it to widespread use.</p>
<p>As a result, technology use in developing countries is highly concentrated.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>A bit of &#8216;histor-eee&#8217;&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://ruralict.wordpress.com/2008/01/14/a-bit-of-histor-eee/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 05:55:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An interesting story about the nimble Asustek&#8217;s development of the innovative EeePC.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ruralict.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1804947&amp;post=17&amp;subd=ruralict&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>An <a href="http://members.forbes.com/global/2007/1112/024a.html">interesting story </a>about the nimble Asustek&#8217;s development of the innovative EeePC.</p>
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		<title>Mecca gets Wifi</title>
		<link>http://ruralict.wordpress.com/2007/12/20/mecca-gets-wifi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:26:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Saudis green-light a mesh 802.11 network near the holiest of holies.  An interesting interaction between modernity and tradition&#8230;.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ruralict.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1804947&amp;post=16&amp;subd=ruralict&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Saudis <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20071219/tc_infoworld/94143">green-light</a> a mesh 802.11 network near the holiest of holies.  An interesting interaction between modernity and tradition&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>Mobile Phones and Banking</title>
		<link>http://ruralict.wordpress.com/2007/12/20/mobile-phones-and-banking/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:52:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[These two Economist articles from November do a good job outlining some of the emerging trends in mobile phone banking in Africa.  It&#8217;s a good example of the confluence of trends &#8211; the spread of mobile telephony and a pent-up demand for financial services.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ruralict.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1804947&amp;post=15&amp;subd=ruralict&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10146637">These</a> <a href="http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10133998">two</a> Economist articles from November do a good job outlining some of the emerging trends in mobile phone banking in Africa.  It&#8217;s a good example of the confluence of trends &#8211; the spread of mobile telephony and a pent-up demand for financial services.</p>
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		<title>Cheap Chinese PC?</title>
		<link>http://ruralict.wordpress.com/2007/10/18/cheap-chinese-pc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 19:30:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interesting CSM article from last month on Lenovo&#8217;s efforts to address the digital divide in China.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ruralict.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1804947&amp;post=14&amp;subd=ruralict&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0928/p01s04-woap.html">Interesting CSM article</a> from last month on Lenovo&#8217;s efforts to address the digital divide in China.</p>
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		<title>Mobile Telephony Pricing in Latin America</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2007 16:47:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WDR today flags a new study put out by the Latin American Regional Dialogue on the Information Society (DIRSI) that delves into key relationships between mobile telephony tariff structures and the poor. Very interestingly, they include questionnaires used in the study&#8217;s data collection. Also note in the WDR post, there is mention of a similar [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ruralict.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1804947&amp;post=13&amp;subd=ruralict&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>WDR today flags a <a href="http://www.dirsi.net/english/files/background%20papers/affordability_english_2.0_final.pdf">new study </a>put out by the Latin American Regional Dialogue on the Information Society (DIRSI) that delves into key relationships between mobile telephony tariff structures and the poor.</p>
<p>Very interestingly, <a href="http://www.dirsi.net/english/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=120&amp;Itemid=69">they include questionnaires </a>used in the study&#8217;s data collection.</p>
<p>Also note in the WDR post, there is <a href="http://www.lirneasia.net/projects/benchmarks/">mention of a similar analysis</a> that has taken place in the Asia-Pacific region.</p>
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		<title>More USAL gloom</title>
		<link>http://ruralict.wordpress.com/2007/10/10/more-usal-gloom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:05:20 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/telecoms/2007/0710011100.asp?S=Legal%20View&amp;A=LEG&amp;O=FRGN">Article in ITWeb</a> posted last week.</p>
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		<title>Upwardly Mobile in Africa</title>
		<link>http://ruralict.wordpress.com/2007/10/10/upwardly-mobile-in-africa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:56:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tom Barnett consort Stephen DeAngelis blogs about a recent USNWR article about mobile telephony in Africa.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ruralict.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1804947&amp;post=11&amp;subd=ruralict&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.thomaspmbarnett.com/weblog/">Tom Barnett</a> consort <a href="http://enterpriseresilienceblog.typepad.com/enterprise_resilience_man/2007/10/mobile-phones-i.html">Stephen DeAngelis</a> blogs about a recent <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_39/b4051054.htm?campaign_id=rss_tech">USNWR article about mobile telephony in Africa</a>.</p>
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		<title>SA Rural ICT Problems Continue</title>
		<link>http://ruralict.wordpress.com/2007/10/04/sa-rural-ict-problems-continue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2007 12:19:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An article outlining the continuing problems with South Africa&#8217;s rural ICT development agency.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ruralict.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1804947&amp;post=10&amp;subd=ruralict&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/telecoms/2007/0710041040.asp?A=TEL&amp;S=Telecoms&amp;T=News&amp;O=C">An article</a> outlining the continuing problems with South Africa&#8217;s rural ICT development agency.</p>
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		<title>India’s TRAI calls for broadband subsidies</title>
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