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Rodrik paper
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New Technologies, Global Value Chains, and the Developing Economies

Dani Rodrik
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Gollin paper
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Structural Transformation and Growth without Industrialisation

Doug Gollin
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Mexico
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Ride-sharing platforms in developing countries: effects and implications in Mexico City

Sigfried RJ Eisenmeier
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greenacre
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Regulating Mobile Money: A Functional Approach

Jonathan Greenacre
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medicine
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The Future of Falsified and Substandard Medicine Detection: Digital Methods To Track and Authenticate Pharmaceutical Products

Bernard Naughton
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malherbe
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The impact of technology on barriers to industrialisation in developing countries

Stephan Malherbe
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Tanzania case study: Rapid technological change – challenges and opportunities

Salam, U., Lee, S., Fullerton, V., Yusuf, Y., Krantz, S., and Henstridge, M.
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Indonesia case study: Rapid technological change – challenges and opportunities

Salam, U., Lee, S., Fullerton, V., Yusuf, Y., Krantz, S., and Henstridge, M.
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Kaplinsky
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Fostering inclusive innovation for sustainable development

Raphael Kaplinsky
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banga
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Skill Needs for the Future

Karishma Banga and Dirk Willem te Velde
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Personal data empowerment: restoring power to the people in a digital age

McGowan, K., Vora, P., Homer, M ., and Dolan, J.
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Electronic Health Records: A case study from Kenya

Chris Paton and Naomi Muinga
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Making Sense of New Technologies and Jobs in Developing Countries

Nicolas Lippolis
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Technology Forward Scan

Buston, O., Fenech, M., Strukelj, N.
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The Mobile Phone Revolution and Digital Inequality: Scope, Determinants and Consequences

Philip Roessler
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Migration, Money Transfers and Mobile Money: Evidence from Niger

Jenny Aker
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Digital technologies and the new public square: Revitalising democracy?

Alina Rocha Menocal
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ICT, economic performance and governance in developing countries

Biniam Bedasso
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Lessons from Aadhaar: Analog aspects of digital governance shouldn’t be overlooked

 Prakhar Misra
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Are emerging technologies helping win the fight against corruption in developing countries?

Isabelle Adam and Mihály Fazekas
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When the factory doors close, which windows (of opportunity) remain open? The impact of automation on manufacturing as a path to development

 Adrienne Lees
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Using technology to facilitate educational attainment: Reviewing the past and looking to the future

Diwakar Kishore & Dhwani Shah
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Virtual Reality for Medical and Nursing Training in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Naomi Muinga and Chris Paton
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Automation, Global Value Chains and Development: What do we know so far?

 Katherine Stapleton
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Preparing developing countries for the future of work: understanding skills- ecosystem in a digital era

Karishma Banga and Dirk-Willem te Velde
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Punjab, Pakistan: A Case Study for Using a Systems Approach for Identifying Constraints to Education Service Delivery

Zahra Mansoor
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Digital health in low- and lower-middle-income countries

Areeq Chowdhury and Anna Pick
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Combinations for Connectivity

Catherine May and Zoë True
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The Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model in the development of e-commerce and digital skills training in rural China

Pu Yan
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Digital technology governance: developing countries' priorities and concerns

Toby Phillips, Beatriz Kira, Andrea Tartakowsky, Jonathan Dolan, & Putu Natih
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Tackling cybercrime to unleash developing countries’ digital potential

Dr Joanna Świątkowska
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Digital technologies and copyright: international trends and implications for developing countries

Mariana G. Valente
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digital technologies
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Using digital technologies to re-imagine cash transfers during the Covid-19 crisis

Nika Soon-Shiong, Tebello Qhotsokoane & Toby Phillips
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Improving internet connectivity during Covid-19

Vrinda Bhandari
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Governing data and digital platforms in middle income countries: regulations, competition and industrial policies, with sectoral case studies from South Africa

Antonio Andreoni and Simon Roberts
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New thinking for institutional distress of mobile money firms

Jonathan Greenacre
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Covid-19 and disruption of the digital economy; evidence from low and middle-income countries

Karishma Banga and Dirk Willem te Velde
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Balancing privacy with technology use: Lessons from Covid-19

Harshita Agrawal, Prakhar Misra, and Ananth Padmanabhan
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Mongolian man uses his phone in his ger, a photo taken by Sarah O Connell
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Lessons from implementing the Digital Economy Kit: Moving from diagnosis to action

Toby Phillips, Tebello Qhotsokoane, Pranjali Gupta, and Elizabeth Stuart
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The rise of the data economy and policy strategies for digital development

Shamel Azmeh, Christopher Foster, and Ahmad Abd Rabuh

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