The agriculture sector employs the largest percentage of the work force in South Asia (53.3% in 2005). However, by 2009 its percentage as a share of the GDP was about 18% making it the lowest contributor to GDP amongst Agriculture, Industry and Services (World Bank, 2011). The available...

Farmers in developing countries are often unable to engage effectively in agricultural markets in their countries since these markets are prone to inefficiencies (Barret, 2005; Fafchamps, 2004; World Banks, 2002 amongst others). Small and subsistence farmers in particular tend to have unfavorable...

Agriculture in developing economies often employ the largest share of the workforce yet contribute the least to GDP when compared to the Industry and Services sectors. The reasons for this low productivity are numerous: land fragmentation; lack of post-harvest infrastructure; low technology...

Given the volumes of data that are now generated by mobile networks due to the almost ubiquitous use of mobile phones by the majority of the population, this data can be considered as big data. Spurred by the exponential growth of mobile connectivity, the attendant large volumes of mobile...

The pro-market telecommunication policies of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan have enabled phenomenal growth in ICT access since the end of the war in 2002. Despite being a transitioning economy, mobile SIMs per 100 has gone from a mere 0.18 (50,000 active mobile SIMs) at the end of 2002 to...