A mobile market for agricultural trade in Uganda

Ssekibuule, Richard; Quinn, John A.; Leyton‐Brown, Kevin

doi:10.1145/2537052.2537065

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“…In general, the affordance lens places emphasis on how platforms are designed and developed; it asks questions such as what it allows its users to do and similarly, what kinds of actions it prevents. Usage of affordances in the study of platforms and development can be illustrated through the example of the Ugandan marketplace application Kudu [34]. Kudu enables farmers selling their harvest to connect with buyers and it uses simple SMSs to function.…”

Section: How To Release the Developmental Potential Of Innovationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As a result, digital platforms operating in the global South require certain adaptations or can be quite different in relation to their purpose, design or operation. One example of this can be seen in Facebook's drive to make its platform more usable in low bandwidth areas [4,26], but also the types of platforms that are being developed often differ considerably from those that are being targeted for users in the global North as can be seen in the above mentioned agricultural market place application Kudu [34]. Seen through institutions, digital platforms can be challenging the prevailing institutional logics and replacing them; alternatively, they may set the basis for creating institutions in societal areas where there have not necessarily been any, which is claimed to often happen in a developing country context and referred to as institutional voids [29].…”

Section: How Do Digital Platforms In the Global South Differ From Thementioning

confidence: 99%

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Digital Platforms in the Global South: Foundations and Research Agenda

Koskinen

Bonina

Eaton

2019

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

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Digital platforms have become integral to many of the everyday activities that people across the globe encounter in areas like transportation, commerce and social interactions. Research on the topic has largely concentrated on the general functioning of these platforms in terms of platform governance, business strategies and consumer behaviour. Despite their significant presence in the global South, the developmental implications of digital platforms remain largely understudied. In part, this is because digital platforms are a challenging research object due to their lack of conceptual definition, their spread across different regions and industries, and their intertwined nature with institutions, actors and digital technologies. The aim of this paper is therefore twofold: to provide a conceptual definition of digital platforms, and to identify research strands in international development contexts. To do so, we draw from digital platforms literature, differentiate between transaction and innovation platforms and expose their main characteristics. We the present four strands in the form of research questions, illustrated with concrete examples, that can assist to pursue relevant studies on digital platforms and international development in the future.

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Section: How To Release the Developmental Potential Of Innovationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: How Do Digital Platforms In the Global South Differ From Thementioning

confidence: 99%

Digital Platforms in the Global South: Foundations and Research Agenda

Koskinen

Bonina

Eaton

2019

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

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“…In developing countries, there is strong demand for improving efficiency in agricultural markets [26] and this is also true for rural societies in developed countries, including Japan.…”

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Incremental Design of Perishable Goods Markets through Multi-Agent Simulations

Miyashita

2017

Applied Sciences

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Abstract:In current markets of perishable goods such as fish and vegetables, sellers are typically in a weak bargaining position, since perishable products cannot be stored for long without losing their value. To avoid the risk of spoiling products, sellers have few alternatives other than selling their goods at the prices offered by buyers in the markets. The market mechanism needs to be reformed in order to resolve unfairness between sellers and buyers. Double auction markets, which collect bids from both sides of the trades and match them, allow sellers to participate proactively in the price-making process. However, in perishable goods markets, sellers have an incentive to discount their bid gradually for fear of spoiling unsold goods. Buyers can take advantage of sellers' discounted bids to increase their profit by strategic bidding. To solve the problem, we incrementally improve an online double auction mechanism for perishable goods markets, which promotes buyers' truthful bidding by penalizing their failed bids without harming their individual rationality. We evaluate traders' behavior under several market conditions using multi-agent simulations and show that the developed mechanism achieves fair resource allocation among traders.

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“…Lack of information also leads to inefficiencies in existing systems, presenting a possibility to introduce solutions that abide by existing cultural and technological constraints. For instance, large price discrepancies and major arbitrage opportunities present in markets for agricultural products in Uganda suggest large market inefficiencies Ssekibuule et al [2013]. To alleviate this, Newman et al [2018] introduce Kudu-a mobile technology that functions over feature phones via SMS service.…”

Section: Access To Opportunity In the Developing Worldmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mechanism design for social good

Abebe

Goldner

2018

AI Matters

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Across various domains---such as health, education, and housing---improving societal welfare involves allocating resources, setting policies, targeting interventions, and regulating activities. These solutions have an immense impact on the day-to-day lives of individuals, whether in the form of access to quality healthcare, labor market outcomes, or how votes are accounted for in a democratic society. Problems that can have an outsized impact on individuals whose opportunities have historically been limited often pose conceptual and technical challenges, requiring insights from many disciplines. Conversely, the lack of inter-disciplinary approach can leave these urgent needs unaddressed and can even exacerbate underlying socioeconomic inequalities.

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A mobile market for agricultural trade in Uganda

Cited by 12 publications

References 9 publications

Digital Platforms in the Global South: Foundations and Research Agenda

Digital Platforms in the Global South: Foundations and Research Agenda

Incremental Design of Perishable Goods Markets through Multi-Agent Simulations

Mechanism design for social good

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