Communication for who? A brief study of internet communication and affordability

In this post I will discuss communication for development in a world of internet communication. The ultimate goal with COMDEV is to have a better world with less poverty and more equality. If we throw in sustainability as well it will sound nice, but it is hard to see a …

Global South, Big Data and Algorithms: How Digitalization can chase Corruption and (maybe) change the World for the Better

It is not clear wether blogging can lead to or improve development in underdeveloped countries or regions. Denskus and Papan are asking for some more action than just mincing words: ”Equally, development blogging needs to find a balance between potentially self-absorbed naval gazing of expatriate development workers and researchers, and …

Digitalization for Investigative Journalism – and also for Development?

Communication, digitalization and development are three fields that can harbour many different aspects of society. One thing that digitalization has done for development is that people can react quicker on different development projects. If it earlier was a monitoring and evaluation officer that recorded and tried to see how a …