CK Prahalad, bottom of the pyramid guru, passes away
It is a measure of CK Prahalad’s fame that I read about his demise in a Sinhala weekly. I had missed the story because I was teaching in Cape Town and then on the road until the end of April. But...
View ArticleBill shock in the US; disconnect in South Asia
A major step in consumer protection has occurred in the US, with customers now being warned when their data usage and bills go above a threshold. Is this a problem for us in South Asia. Yes, for the...
View ArticleBangladesh: More-than-voice use of mobiles up; phone sharing down
Ericsson has released results of a representative sample survey (3,000 sample) of teleuse in Bangladesh. This is a rare quantitative study for the region. We hope to make a few more posts on it,...
View ArticleFacebook = Internet?
Few months back, our COO Helani Galpaya was out in the field in Indonesia, doing qualitative interviews with BOP teleusers. She picked up an odd response pattern: negative answers to questions about...
View ArticleA response to an essay about mobile access not being real access to the Internet
This is not to dismiss the idea of connecting via mobile phones. I have spent the last few years researching the challenges of pulling together real connectivity and access for the poorest, and it’s no...
View ArticleConfusing quantity and quality of teleuse at the Bottom of the Pyramid
Two members of CPRsouth, Ibrahim Kholiul Rohman and Hasib Ahsan Nadeem, have collaborated on an evidence-based op-ed published in Indonesia’s leading English daily. I am very pleased about this. This...
View ArticlePress releases based on the LIRNEasia survey of ICT and Knowledge access in...
We have three press releases on the Myanmar teleuse baseline survey pointing out three particular stories. Press releases are available in both English and Myanmar as follow ; Fewer women own phones...
View ArticleTeleuse in Myanmar data informs civic discourse on media and politics
We tried very hard to get the Teleuse in Myanmar research findings disseminated before the big tidal wave of the 2015 Myanmar Election rolled in, washing away all else. But we were not completely...
View ArticleMyanmar ICT developments showcased at Stockholm Internet Forum
It was tough going up against Helani Galpaya’s Zero Rating session, but the Myanmar session attracted 17 persons (I took some photos, but later realized that it is against SIF policy to take or publish...
View ArticleLIRNEasia research cited in report on USD 25 smartphone in Myanmar
Even before we officially launch the gender study, it is being used in Myanmar. A recent report on gender and connectivity by GSMA and Sri Lanka based think tank LIRNEasia said that mobile phones have...
View ArticleLIRNEasia-GSMA research on gender dimensions of Myanmar teleuse reported
A box in 2015-16 Affordability Report of the Alliance for Affordable Internet includes a box on gender which begins thus: By March 2015, just over a year after liberalising their ICT sector, 40% of...
View ArticleHow different is the US from emerging Asia?
As we move toward the Next Billion surveys that will cover a lot more ground than the Myanmar we currently cover, it’s interesting to see what demand-side research looks like in other countries. Here’s...
View ArticleFirst coverage for 2016 Myanmar teleuse study
Helani Galpaya, along with MIDO’s research team, released in Yangon the results of the second teleuse survey conducted in Myanmar earlier in 2016. The first coverage: People would only enjoy the fruits...
View ArticleGist of LIRNEasia research in Myanmar summarized on TV program
Ranging from the incredible advance of teleuse documented by two surveys conducted by LIRNEasia and MIDO to the potential of ubiquitous smartphones for making the lives of Myanmar’s disabled citizens...
View ArticleGates Foundation mobile money study in Myanmar leverages LIRNEasia survey...
We have been an open research organization from the outset. Now our funders have made it a requirement. The principal rationale is that we want our research to be used. The nationally representative...
View ArticleMigrant results from teleuse@BOP3 carried in Sri Lanka media
The Sunday Times (English) and Ravaya (Sinhala) carried the results of the migrant component of the teleuse research, making direct reference to the need to set the rules in place, a topic that was...
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