Big Data and Cloud Computing for Development

<p>This book provides a framework for evaluating big data and cloud computing based on how they evolve to fit users’ needs in developing countries in key areas such as agriculture and education. The authors discuss how this framework can be utilized by businesses governments and consumers to accelerate economic growth and overcome information and communication barriers. </p><p>By examining the ways in which cloud computing can drive social economic and environmental transformation readers gain a nuanced understanding of the opportunities and challenges these technologies offer. The authors also provide an authoritative and up-to-date account of big data’s diffusion into a wide range of developing economies such as Brazil and China illustrating key concepts through in-depth case studies. Special attention is paid to economic development in the context of the new Sustainable Development Goals formulated by the United Nations introducing readers to the most modern standard of economic evaluation. </p><p>Students of information management entrepreneurship and development as well as policy makers researchers and practitioners will find <i>Big Data and Cloud Computing for Development </i>an interesting read and a useful reference source. </p>