Adam Denton, from the GSM Association, gave a really interesting keynote speech at the recent m4d conference. A copy of his slides plus a summary can be found at: http://ict4dblog.wordpress.com
One interesting issue, which meshed with Nick Freeland's presentation, was that mobile operators could take on - and in some senses are taking on - the role of government Treasuries. They provide the fiscal link between governments and citizens, the absence of which is seen as a root of governance failures, especially in Africa. If anyone else has come across examples of this, I'd be very keen to know about them. To subscribe to the blog, visit: http://ict4dblog.wordpress.com/feed/ Richard Heeks Director, Centre for Development Informatics University of Manchester, UK --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mobile-society" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mobile-society?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
