Big Data and Cloud Computing for Development : Lessons from Key Industries and Economies in the Global South (Hardcover)

Part I: Big Data and Cloud Computing in the Global South: Key Concepts, Issues, Opportunities and Challenges

1. Diffusion of Big Data and Cloud Computing in the Global South: Facilitators, Inhibitors and Consequences

2. The Roles and Significance of Mobile Phones in the Value Proposition of Big Data and the Cloud

3. Privacy and Security Issues Associated with BD and the Cloud

Part II: Big Data and Cloud Computing in Key Development Areas in the Global South

4. Primary industries

5. Education and R&D

6. E-commerce

Part III: Case Studies of Diffusion and Impact of BD and Cloud Computing in Major Economies in the Global South

7. Sub-Saharan Africa

8. India

9. China

10. Brazil

Part IV: Lessons Learned, Implications and the Way Forward

11. Discussion, Implications and Conclusion