Richard Heeks

Professor of Digital Development, and Director of the Centre for Digital Development, University of Manchester, UK

[Richard Heeks @CDDManchester]

Comment les technologies digitales peuvent-elles contribuer à la lutte contre le #changementclimatique dans les pays en développement?

Notre étude identifie quatre rôles clés des TIC : atténuation, suivi, adaptation et stratégie

https://t.co/HY5SFYA7I4

#ICT4D

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Revisiting “Leapfrogging” in a Platformised World

https://t.co/LcH0V9GmF2

#DigitalPlatforms #ICT4D

[Richard Heeks @CDDManchester]

Framework to analyse the relationship between ICTs and #climatechange

From the report, “Unveiling the Links between ICTs and Climate Change in Developing Countries”: https://t.co/HxZMBx3BJg

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How the literature on ICTs, #climatechange and development has grown over time

From the report, “Unveiling the Links between ICTs and Climate Change in Developing Countries”: https://t.co/LilJ5IHS1u

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Digital trade and global governance of the digital economy

https://t.co/UzBAmdc0JI

#DigitalTrade #DigitalEconomy

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Climate-tech debates can overlook developing-country priorities. This study explores how ICTs can support climate adaptation, from environmental monitoring and information access to livelihoods, participation and decision-making:
https://t.co/HePeiZJoTg

#ClimateAdaptation #ICT4D

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🏔 Digital tech is transforming research on hill and mountain regions, but at what cost?
📡 This new book chapter critiques the trend and proposes a new approach to digitally-enabled research on mountain regions
Read now: https://t.co/AXsYqjwdBZ
#UplandsResearch #ICT4D

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How can digital technologies help address climate change in developing countries?

Our scoping study maps four key roles for ICTs – mitigation, monitoring, adaptation and strategy – and identifies priorities for future research:
https://t.co/LilJ5IIpR2

#ICT4D #ClimateChange

[Richard Heeks @CDDManchester]

What does the gig economy look like through a development lens?

Our new paper applies Sen's capability approach to Uber and Zomato workers in India: some freedoms gained, many more constrained. https://t.co/xqdE2kcb9W

#GigEconomy #ICT4D

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Big data and development in India. The hype and the reality

https://t.co/rt0WfuSXpQ

#BigData #D4D #India

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How can #Earthobservation data better support adaptation in #mountain regions?

New post traces the chain from data → information → decisions → action → results, drawing lessons from cases in the Himalaya, Andes and Alps.

https://t.co/nYY30mCYOi

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How Widespread are Digital Water Payments in #Ghana?

https://t.co/JJFq3MgkUG

#DigitalWater #FinTech #WaterTech

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Context and Digital Start-Ups in the Global South

https://t.co/B2bdtYq1t6

#DigitalEconomy #DigitalEnterprise

[Richard Heeks @CDDManchester]

How can #Earthobservation data better support adaptation in #mountain regions?

New post traces the chain from data → information → decisions → action → results, drawing lessons from cases in the Himalaya, Andes and Alps.

https://t.co/N7eRHI5O88

[Richard Heeks @CDDManchester]

Positive Deviance: A Data-Powered Approach to the Covid-19 Response

https://t.co/NVfTdBjfdT

#PositiveDeviance #PositiveDigitalDevelopment

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How to research “positive digital development” using variants of the appreciative inquiry approach:

https://t.co/XlSDW7aGdG

#ICT4D #PositiveDigitalDevelopment #AppreciativeInquiry

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Four failures, five objectives and the policy instruments to match: a short video on how governments can build genuinely #inclusiveinnovation systems. Free paper linked

https://t.co/lkH1XyieOj

#InnovationPolicy #DigitalDevelopment

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Ride-hailing Platform Asymmetries between Riders and Driver-partners in Lagos, #Nigeria

https://t.co/mj3qb9Por5

#GigWork #GigEconomy

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Why do so many innovations aimed at the poor never reach them, or fail once they do?

My new short video explains what governments need to do to make innovation inclusive.

https://t.co/lkH1XyieOj

#InclusiveInnovation #ICT4D

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Six Good Practices for Digital Inclusion: Lessons from Cumbria https://t.co/4VyGVzgD5V