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Re: The Political Economy of M-PESA

Kevin Donovan — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 17:40:43 -0000

Thanks, Jeffrey. I know and like her work, but kept this paper a bit more theoretical (though I do cite it).

Re: Regarding Power in the Network Society

Kevin Donovan — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 11:43:25 -0000

To me, Wu & Goldsmith was about reasserting the nation state, which was important, but Grewal's is a bit more subtle, and focused on more than just states. Would be interested to hear your thoughts if you get around to reading it.

Re: Micro-Macro Paradox in Foreign Aid vs. ICT4D

Kevin Donovan — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:56:15 -0000

Interesting - I was actually trying to make a slightly different point: If we want ICTs to positively contribute towards development goals, we shouldn't focus on the micro-level projects or macro-level indicators. Those are paradoxically in opposition, it seems. Instead, we should focus in between them, at the meso-level institutions which answer the contextualized questions about why success happens at the micro- or macro-level.

That said, I think you're right - using ICTs will likely be most effective (with bigger externalities) at mid-level institutions where the ramifications will flow both up and down.