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After a very lengthy hiatus it’s about time to start adding to this journal of mine. I’ve made a couple of minor changes reflecting my ever changing focus. I’ve changed the title and description of the blog, replacing “information” with … Continue reading →

Intel has announced its WiMax products and other companies are quickly following suit. WiMax is wireless networking that offers speeds up to 70 Mbps with close to 50 kilometer range. In contrast, WiFi, the most widely used wireless networking technology, … Continue reading →

In a World Bank discussion paper titled “E-Finance in Emerging Markets: Is Leapfrogging Possible?” (Stijn Claessens, Thomas Glaessner, and Daniela Klingebiel, 2001) the authors analyse the technological and policy needs to promote electronic financial services. The paper is representative of … Continue reading →

The Star Tribune last week included a piece from The Economist that addresses the problem of the digital divide (“Which comes first, cellular or the net?” Tuesday, March 15, 2005). Some interesting points mentioned in the article include the UN’s … Continue reading →

Leapfrogging has been suggested as a means of accelerating development by bypassing the “stages” implied by traditional modernisation theories of development by adoption “off the shelf” technologies…