| ID | 117986 |
| Title Proper | Mobile phones |
| Other Title Information | uplifting weak and failed states |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Rotberg, Robert I ; Aker, Jenny C |
| Publication | 2013. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Mobile telephones are revolutionizing politics and driving political change throughout the developing world. Nothing is so powerful, so transformative. Mobile telephone technology has already changed how people in the developing world cope with their political, economic, and social circumstances. Now, through its ability interactively to transmit verbal and visual (photos or video) information by voice and/or text messaging, mobile telephone technology is poised dramatically to improve human outcomes and life choices for many millions across the globe's weak and failed states. No other recently-introduced technology has been so widely embraced or has so much potential to alter rural and urban outcomes for the better in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and elsewhere. |
| `In' analytical Note | Washington Quarterly Vol. 36, No.1; Winter 2013: p.111-125 |
| Journal Source | Washington Quarterly Vol. 36, No.1; Winter 2013: p.111-125 |
| Key Words | Mobile Phones ; Failed States ; Developing World ; Mobile Telephone Technology ; Africa ; Asia ; Latin America |