TY - GEN
T1 - Mobile applications for informal economies
AU - Giridher, Tapsie
AU - Kim, Raksik
AU - Rai, Divya
AU - Hanover, Adam
AU - Yuan, Jun
AU - Zarinni, Fatima
AU - Scharff, Christelle
AU - Wasilewska, Anita
AU - Wong, Jennifer L.
PY - 2009/12/9
Y1 - 2009/12/9
N2 - The proliferation of mobile phones across the world, to people of all statures, has provided platform to bring computing resources to the masses. In this paper we present three mobile phone applications designed to aid the businesses and people of informal economies in developing countries. The goal of the applications is to assist in the growth of the economy through financial education and awareness and to assist and further the literacy. Each application is motivated and inspired by the needs of the women at the Saint-Louis Women's Business Center Incubator in Senegal, Africa. We present the motivations, application design and operation, and the lessons learned throughout a year of development.
AB - The proliferation of mobile phones across the world, to people of all statures, has provided platform to bring computing resources to the masses. In this paper we present three mobile phone applications designed to aid the businesses and people of informal economies in developing countries. The goal of the applications is to assist in the growth of the economy through financial education and awareness and to assist and further the literacy. Each application is motivated and inspired by the needs of the women at the Saint-Louis Women's Business Center Incubator in Senegal, Africa. We present the motivations, application design and operation, and the lessons learned throughout a year of development.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/77954467723
U2 - 10.1109/IMCSIT.2009.5352703
DO - 10.1109/IMCSIT.2009.5352703
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77954467723
SN - 9781424453146
T3 - Proceedings of the International Multiconference on Computer Science and Information Technology, IMCSIT '09
SP - 345
EP - 352
BT - Proceedings of the International Multiconference on Computer Science and Information Technology, IMCSIT '09
T2 - International Multiconference on Computer Science and Information Technology, IMCSIT '09
Y2 - 12 October 2009 through 14 October 2009
ER -