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<b><span style="font-size:22.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#848282;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Emerging Technologies and</span></b><span style="font-size:22.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#848282">
<b><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Innovations for Development<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Minitrack</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#848282;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">The topics of this minitrack focuses on the use of emerging information technology innovations to bring about economic, social, and human
development. While current research suggests that the digital divides are decreasing, initiatives in this area remain a challenge. International agencies work with governments to implement policies and conduct studies on the nature of the gap between regions
that are connected to and use IT extensively and those that do not. In essence, the research provides insight for policy makers to facilitate the achievement of socio-economic development goals by increasing financial investments¸ enriching the knowledge of
organizations and citizens, and stimulating business activities in their regions. Contributions of research in have been to the management of economies through the implementation of information technology (IT) infrastructures to stimulate national development.
Examples include the use of indicators such as gross domestic product and human development indices to assess the effect of mobile phones on development. The rising income inequalities in many countries, including the USA, has been attributed by some scholars
to the technological advancements, ICTs in particular, while at the same time, these technologies can offer new opportunities the empower people living at the bottom of the pyramid.</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#848282"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#848282;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">This minitrack aims to address these issues and make a contribution to how emerging technologies and innovations can be used to bring about
economic, social, and human development. It also aims to open up this discussion to a broader community of scholars that are involved in investigating these questions.</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#848282"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#848282;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">This minitrack invites submissions that are theoretically and empirically sound while offering implications for practice. Topics include but
are not limited to:</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#848282"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#848282;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Technologies for Bottom of the Pyramid (BoP) Markets</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#848282"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#848282;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Frugal innovations and applications</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#848282"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#848282;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Global telecommunication infrastructures for development</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#848282"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#848282;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Applications to support Entrepreneurship and business growth such as micro-finance, micro-insurance and crowdfunding.</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#848282"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#848282;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Mobile payments systems and market access such as MPesa penetration and growth of businesses</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#848282"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#848282;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Cybercafe’s, tele-centers and community based ICTs effects on the lives of people</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#848282"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#848282;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Green Information Technology</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#848282"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#848282;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Cloud computing for development</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#848282"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#848282;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Policy implications for stimulating the growth of ICTs</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#848282"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#848282;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Governance models (national and international) for emerging technologies</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#848282"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#848282;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Policy, legal, and regulatory implications for adopting and using emerging ICTs to advance development objectives.</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#848282"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#848282;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Implications of emerging ICTs for security, privacy, transparency, and citizen empowerment.</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#848282"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#848282;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Using ICTs to support responses to conflict and violence.</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#848282"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#848282;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Innovative uses of emerging technologies to promote literacy</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#848282"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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