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Mobile Phone Markets
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Telecommunication Industries & Markets
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Access to Media & Information
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Access to Internet & Digital Communications
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Digital & Social Media Use, Internet Use
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Internet & Social Media Use: Women
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Telecentres, Community Telecentres, Internet Cafés
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Conflict Areas: Media Systems, Media Landscapes, Role of Media
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Conflict-Sensitive Digital Technology Use & Social Media in Prevention & Transformation
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Digital Financial Services, Mobile Banking, Mobile Payphone Business
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Internet Markets
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Content Moderation & Regulation: Social Media
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ICT Development Assistance
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Disinformation, Misinformation, Fake News
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Asian Languages
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Local Communication & Media
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Information Ecosystems
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Mobile Phone Use for Social Purposes, Mobiles for Development
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Telecommunication Infrastructure
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Policy Paper: Unpacking Content Moderation in Pashto and Dari
Meedan; Digital Rights Foundation (DRF) (2022), 25 pp.
"Content moderation at scale is an extremely complicated issue, however by looking at specific examples such as the case studies and data highlighted in this study, the conversation can start to take into account more diverse experiences and context that is normally overlooked. Emerging from these e
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Afghan Information Ecosystems: A Design Research Approach
Internews; Sayara Research (2017), 82 pp.
"Afghanistan has made great strides in establishing media and communications outlets. However, very little is known about the ways in which Afghans actually engage in information exchange. To inform work with the media and effectively enhance access to information in Afghanistan, Internews commissio
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The Role of Information and Communication Technologies in Postconflict Reconstruction
Washington, DC: World Bank (2014), 99 pp.
"Examines how policymakers, the donor community, and the private sector have prioritized and sequenced ICT initiatives in the aftermath of conflict. Case studies look at countries at different stages of post-conflict reconstruction in Afghanistan, Liberia, Rwanda and Timor-Leste, and postrevolution
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ICT Economic Impact Assessment
Altai Consulting; USAID (2014), 90 pp.
"The ICT sector is one of few undeniable success stories in Afghanistan’s development over the past 12 years. In 2002, telecommunications services were virtually non-existent, restricted to a very small number of fixed-line connections and satellite communications were unaffordable to the general
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The State of Telecommunications and Internet in Afghanistan: Six Years Later, 2006-2012
Internews; USAID (2012), 57 pp.
"This report presents a comprehensive and multidimensional overview of the Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) sector in Afghanistan, covering developments and intersections across the areas of Internet and telecom infrastructure; policy, services, accessibility and affordability; key
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Can You Help me Now? Mobile Phones and Peacebuilding in Afghanistan
Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace (USIP) (2010), 15 pp.
"A decade ago, mobile phone usage in Afghanistan was almost nonexistent; now there are 13 million subscriptions for a total of 29 million citizens, and the annual growth rate of subscription is estimated at 53 percent. A number of factors have fueled this dramatic increase, including the sheer popul
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