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The Fourth Revolution and the Bottom Four Billion - Making Technologies Work for the Poor (Paperback)
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The Fourth Revolution and the Bottom Four Billion - Making Technologies Work for the Poor (Paperback)
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Products and services based on advanced technologies such as
artificial intelligence and blockchain are normally considered to
be for rich consumers in advanced countries. Fourth Revolution and
the Bottom Four Billion demonstrates how marginalized and
vulnerable groups with limited resources can also benefit from
these technologies. Nir Kshetri suggests that the falling costs and
the increased ease of developing and deploying applications based
on these technologies are making them more accessible. He
illustrates how key emerging technologies are transforming major
industries and application areas such as healthcare and pandemic
preparedness, agriculture, finance, banking, and insurance. The
book also looks at how these transformations are affecting the
lives of low-income people in low- and middle-income countries and
highlights the areas needing regulatory attention to adequately
protect marginalized and vulnerable groups from the abuse and
misuse of these technologies. Kshetri discusses how various
barriers such as the lack of data, low resource languages,
underdeveloped technology infrastructures, lack of computing power
and shortage of skill and talent have hindered the adoption of
these technologies among marginalized and vulnerable groups. Fourth
Revolution and the Bottom Four Billion suggests that it is the
responsibility of diverse stakeholders—governments, NGOs,
international development organizations, academic institutions, the
private sector, and others—to ensure that marginal groups also
benefit from these transformative innovations.
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