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Public access innovations: Phone repair in Bangladesh
Two Bangladeshi women and their mobile phone repair shop in Kathalia, Narsinghi district A few months ago, these two Bangladeshi women opened a mobile phone repair shop in the small village of...
View ArticlePhase one findings from Bangladesh, Chile & Lithuania
The Global Impact Study has wrapped up its first phase, which consisted of a year of exploratory fieldwork in three pilot countries — Bangladesh, Chile, and Lithuania. Country Research Teams collected...
View ArticleInfomediaries: Public access brokers
What is the role of a librarian, cybercafé manager, or telecenter employee? How do people working in public-access venues such as these act as infomediaries — influencing which services people learn,...
View ArticleBangladesh infomediary inception trip report
Our visual report of the inception trip to Bangladesh (December, 2009) summarizes the different venues we visited for our in-depth study. We met with infomediaries in libraries, schools, non-profit...
View ArticleSurvey pilot testing strategy
Our venue operator and user surveys are currently in the pilot testing phase in Bangladesh, Brazil, Chile and the Philippines. This phase has two parts: 1. Cognitive testing to check for comprehension...
View ArticleCommon research tools, contrasting contexts: lessons from the Infomediaries team
The Lessons Report, written by Ricardo Ramirez, Andy Gordon, and Balaji Parthasarathy and the country research teams in Bangladesh, Chile, and Lithuania, captures the methodological journey covered to...
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Release of public access ICT venue database
On August 11, the Global Impact Study made public the inventory data through a web application. The database was officially launched to the public with the poster presentation at IFLA 2010. Features...
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Who uses public access ICTs? Survey working paper released
Who uses public access ICTs? With the release of a survey working paper, Public access to ICTs: Sculpting the profile of users, the Global Impact Study offers insight into who the users of public...
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Global Impact Study at ICTD 2012
Logo courtesy of ICTD 2012, Georgia Tech Many of the Global Impact Study research partners will be attending the upcoming ICTD 2012 conference in Atlanta, Georgia March 12-15, 2012. In addition to...
View ArticleSurvey methodology report released
Much of the Global Impact Study data comes from our public access ICT user survey, venue survey, and non-user survey in Bangladesh, Brazil, Chile, Ghana, and the Philippines. Conducting such surveys in...
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Public access is the only option for Internet access for many
The previous post on findings from the Global Impact Study’s User Profiles working paper discussed that public access ICT venues provide many people with the opportunity to first use computers and...
View ArticleGlobal Impact Study releases user survey data
The Global Impact Study is pleased to announce the release of our user survey data. Over 5,000 public access ICT users were surveyed in libraries, telecenters, and cybercafes in Bangladesh, Brazil,...
View ArticleUpdated version of inventory web database available
The Global Impact Study has recently updated the public access venue inventory web database. Updates to the inventory database include: Public access venue inventory information for Ghana 2011 updated...
View ArticleGlobal Impact Study: Final report & findings released
While you’re likely reading this on your personal computer, enjoying reliable and fast internet, millions of people around the world still lack private access to this increasingly necessary resource to...
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