Category: Development
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Why global contributions to Wikipedia are so unequal
– in DevelopmentThe geography of knowledge has always been uneven. Some people and places have always been…
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What explains the worldwide patterns in user-generated geographical content?
As geographic content and geospatial information becomes increasingly integral to our everyday lives, places that…
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Geotagging reveals Wikipedia is not quite so equal after all
– in DevelopmentWikipedia is often seen as a great equaliser. But it’s starting to look like global…
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What is stopping greater representation of the MENA region?
Negotiating the wider politics of Wikipedia can be a daunting task, particularly when in it…
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How well represented is the MENA region in Wikipedia?
There are more Wikipedia articles in English than Arabic about almost every Arabic speaking country…
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The sum of (some) human knowledge: Wikipedia and representation in the Arab World
Arabic is one of the least represented major world languages on Wikipedia: few languages have…
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The economic expectations and potentials of broadband Internet in East Africa
Were firms adopting internet, as it became cheaper? Had this new connectivity had the effects…
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Who represents the Arab world online?
The Middle East and North Africa are relatively under-represented in Wikipedia. Even after accounting for…
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Is China shaping the Internet in Africa?
Concerns have been expressed about the detrimental role China may play in African media sectors,…
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Seeing like a machine: big data and the challenges of measuring Africa’s informal economies
– in DevelopmentIn a similar way that economists have traditionally excluded unpaid domestic labour from national accounts,…
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The scramble for Africa’s data
– in DevelopmentAs Africa goes digital, the challenge for policymakers becomes moving from digitisation to managing and…
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Mapping the uneven geographies of information worldwide
There are massive inequalities that cannot simply be explained by uneven Internet penetration. A range…