Crossing the thresholds of indignation and inclusiveness

XV.2 March + April 2008
Page: 76
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UNDER DEVELOPMENTRaising a billion voices


Authors:
Sheetal Agarwal, Arun Kumar, Sougata Mukherjea, Amit Nanavati, Nitendra Rajput

Almost a year back, we started working on an exploratory research project Pyr.mea.IT [1]. "The bottom of the pyramid is the largest but poorest socio-economic group. In global terms, this is the four billion people who live on less than $2 per day, typically in developing countries [2]". Since almost all of our research in computer science and information technology has until recently focused on the top of the pyramid, we thought it might be a good idea for us to get at least somewhat acquainted with our end users. All of the authors have lived and grown up…




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