Bridging Global Divides with Tracking and Tracing Technology

Future Priorities for Development Informatics Research from the Post-2015 Development Agenda

“…For this, a set of future research priorities has already been laid out through a survey of ICT stakeholders: see Another relevant fraction will be "inclusive business models" given that ICTs are increasingly enabling those within base-of-the-pyramid communities to participate in business value chains. This may develop research on the use of ICTs to support inclusive value chains; for example, extending the work on "fair tracing" (Light 2010). Alternatively, it may research ICT-enabled business models such as "impact sourcing" -the outsourcing of ICT-related work to excluded and disadvantaged groups that creates new jobs, incomes and skills -for which a research agenda has already been identified (Heeks 2012).…”

ICT4D 2016: New Priorities for ICT4D Policy, Practice and WSIS in a Post-2015 World

“…Another relevant fraction will be "inclusive business models" given that ICTs are increasingly enabling those within base-of-the-pyramid communities to participate in business value chains. This may develop initiatives using ICTs to support inclusive value chains; for example, extending the idea of "fair tracing" (Light 2010). Alternatively, it may support ICTenabled business models such as impact sourcing -the outsourcing of ICT-related work to excluded and disadvantaged groups that creates new jobs, incomes and skills (Heeks 2013b).…”

Icts and Poverty Eradication: Comparing Economic, Livelihoods and Capabilities Models

“… Indirect: this represents a very large category of ICT applications in organisations in which the poor have no direct connection with the ICT, but in which the ICT application does deliver some benefit. Examples might include the use of ICTs to provide ethical and fair trade information which then drives better working terms and conditions to poorly-paid factory or farm workers (Heeks & Duncombe 2004, Light 2010, and the use of ICTs in large firms to improve supply, distribution and marketing to base-of-the-pyramid markets (Subrahmanyan & Gomez-Arias 2008, Chickweche & Fletcher 2013.…”