Technology
New Technology and the Prevention of Violence and Conflict
This IPI report explores the ways in which new technologies can assist international actors, governments, and civil society organizations to more effectively prevent violence and conflict.
Africa's ICT Infrastructure: Building on the Mobile Revolution
Africa’s ICT Infrastructure reviews how the investment in the sector has been financed and how the structure of the market has changed since the liberalization process started.
Using New Technologies, New Media, and Apps to Fight Corruption in Ghana
July 25, 2011 | 12:48pm
The wealth of a nation is not fully expressed by its supply of oil, gold, BMWs or iPods. As Adam Smith taught us, people are the ultimate wealth of natio
Economics of Natural Resource Scarcity: The State of the Debate
The general conclusion of this paper is that technological progress has ameliorated the scarcity of natural resource commodities; but resource amenities have become more scarce, and it is unlikely that technology alone can remedy that.
Linking Globalization to Poverty
This Policy Brief summarizes and examines the various channels and transmission mechanisms, such as greater openness to trade and foreign investment, economic growth, effects on income distribution, technology transfer and labour migration, through which the process of globalization affects different dimensions of poverty in the developing world.
