Charles Kenny
Books, Papers and Articles
Charles Kenny writes about global development — what’s working, what isn’t, and how the world can do better. An economist who spent fifteen years at the World Bank, he is now a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development in Washington, DC.
Category: J. Internet and ICTs
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A paper written with Zack Gehan and Robert Kenny, forthcoming in Telecommunications Policy. Worldwide there is an ongoing policy and regulatory push to make very high speed broadband available as widely as possible. Underlying the policy interventions to support higher speeds is an implicit assumption that higher speeds will enable different (and socially valuable) use.…
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A CGD note. I'm comparatively optimistic about automation: Africa needs more of it, the rate of automation does not appear to be rapid enough to suggest short-term dislocation, manufacturing jobs have moved rather than gone away and services offers another technology-enhanced route to development.
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In most of the world, net neutrality and ICANN are less important than infrastructure and free speech. For Slate.
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Donors should take the importance of context on board when designing their technology interventions. Well, duh. For CGD.
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Piece for Medium on what the TV might teach the Internet about education –entertainment is probably the way to go.
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Cheap cellphones are the revolutionary force for change. In @BW.
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@BW column on IT in schools.
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With Justin Sandefur. Tech & Dev need careful mixing. In @FP.
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Internet revolution. Pah. In @BW.
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Biometrics as a tool for development for FP. Upset libertarians are fun in the comments.
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