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Executive Summary
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1. Introduction
10
2. Current Trends
12
3. Early Evidence of the Impact of Mobile Technologies on Developing Countries
16
4. Mobile Technologies and Democratic Governance
19
4.1. Inclusive Participation
19
4.2. Responsive Institutions
22
4.3. International Principles
25
5. Mobile Technologies and Human Development
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5.1. Poverty Reduction
28
5.2. Crisis Prevention and Recovery
30
5.3. Environment and Energy
33
6. Challenges and Opportunities in Using Mobile Technologies for Development
34
6.1. Policy
34
6.2. Infrastructure
34
6.3. Capacity Development
35
6.4. Project Design
35
6.5. Project Implementation
37
7. Typology of Countries for UNDP Programming
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7.1. Programming in Low Human Development Contexts
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7.2. Programming in Medium Human Development Contexts
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8. A Glimpse Ahead
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9. Endnotes
41
10. References
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11. Annex
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