White Paper Report of the RAD-AID Conference on International Radiology for Developing Countries: Identifying Challenges, Opportunities, and Strategies for Imaging Services in the Developing World

For development economists these arc the days of great expectations. Development economics as a discipline, born only three decades ago, has come to stay, notwithstanding the threats to its existence issued openly by such friends as Schultz [63], Bauer [2], Little [44], and Lal [39]. New theoretical constructs have been devised and novel empirical studies done to comprehend better the forces of change in developing countries. While of late there may not have been great festivity in the realm of ideas, the force of circumstances has widened the problem canvas of development economics and has opened up new vistas for economists to explore- much beyond the expectations of its founding fathers. Also notwithstanding the great diversity in the experience of individual countries, development economists may legitimately draw some comfort from the thought that their ideas have changed the developing world for the better.

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Stroke Prevention in the Developing World

Stroke ◽

10.1161/strokeaha.110.596858 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 42 (12) ◽

pp. 3655-3658 ◽

Cited By ~ 20

Author(s):

Valery L. Feigin ◽

Rita Krishnamurthi

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

21St Century ◽

Stroke Prevention ◽

Developing World ◽

Health Resources ◽

Narrative Review ◽

High Morbidity ◽

Early 21St Century ◽

Limited Health ◽

The Early 21St Century

In the early 21st century, developing countries are experiencing an ever-increasing burden of stroke due its high morbidity and associated disability. Given the limited health resources available in developing countries, stroke prevention there is of paramount importance. This narrative review summarizes currently available evidence for stroke prevention in the developing world and outlines their major strategies and priorities.

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Globalization's Alternatives: Competing or Complementary Perspectives?

Government and Opposition ◽

10.1111/j.1477-7053.2007.00244.x ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 43 (1) ◽

pp. 79-110 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

John Glenn

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Product Differentiation ◽

World Trade ◽

Developing World ◽

International Economy ◽

Vertical Specialization ◽

Main Factors ◽

Partial View ◽

Investment Patterns ◽

Trade And Investment

AbstractRecent writings on globalization have tended to argue that such economic interconnectedness is, in one way or another, geographically delimited. Three competing views appear in the literature, regionalization, triadization and the involutionist perspective. This article challenges the portrayal of these perspectives as competing conceptions and instead argues that each perspective furnishes us with a partial view of a larger process. In so doing, this paper revisits the involutionist perspective, arguing that, in relation to the developing countries’ relative share of world trade and investment shares, the use of the term ‘globalization’ should be questioned. Rather, in relation to trade, involution is a more apt description. However, in terms of FDI, stasis better describes the contemporary international economy. The article then examines the trade and investment patterns within the triad, corroborating earlier findings that each leg of the triad is increasingly trading more with their neighbours than with each other, but that inter-triad FDI is indeed increasing. Three main factors are presented in order to explain the contemporary patterns of trade and investment associated with involution, regionalization and triadization: product differentiation, vertical specialization and the continuing concentration on primary product production in much of the developing world.

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Gender and feminist considerations in Artificial Intelligence from a developing-world perspective, with India as a case study

10.31124/advance.17054936 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

SANGHAMITRA CHOUDHURY ◽

Shailendra Kumar

Keyword(s):

Artificial Intelligence ◽

Developing Countries ◽

Developing World ◽

Developed Countries ◽

High Level ◽

The Impact ◽

The Relationship ◽

Precarious Situation ◽

And Robotics

<p>The relationship between women, technology manifestation, and likely prospects in the developing world is discussed in this manuscript. Using India as a case study, the paper goes on to discuss how ontology and epistemology views utilised in AI (Artificial Intelligence) and robotics will affect women's prospects in developing countries. Women in developing countries, notably in South Asia, are perceived as doing domestic work and are underrepresented in high-level professions. They are disproportionately underemployed and face prejudice in the workplace. The purpose of this study is to determine if the introduction of AI would exacerbate the already precarious situation of women in the developing world or if it would serve as a liberating force. While studies on the impact of AI on women have been undertaken in developed countries, there has been less research in developing countries. This manuscript attempts to fill that need.</p>

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A MOOC approach for training researchers in developing countries

Open Praxis ◽

10.5944/openpraxis.9.1.476 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 45 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Ravi Murugesan ◽

Andy Nobes ◽

Joanna Wild

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Social Presence ◽

Developing World ◽

Continuing Professional Development ◽

Cognitive Presence ◽

Online Course ◽

Research Writing ◽

Massive Open Online ◽

Massive Open Online Course ◽

Professional Development Training

We report on an online course in research writing offered in a massive open online course (MOOC) format for developing country researchers. The concepts of cognitive presence, teacher presence, and social presence informed the design of the course, with a philosophy of strong social interaction supported by guest facilitators. The course was developed with low-bandwidth elements and hosted on a Moodle site. It was offered twice as a MOOC and 2830 learners from more than 90 countries, mainly in the developing world, took part. The average completion rate was 53%. Female learners and learners who were active in the forums were more likely to complete the course. Our MOOC approach may be a useful model for continuing professional development training in the developing world.

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Self-Reliance in Africa

The Journal of Modern African Studies ◽

10.1017/s0022278x00017468 ◽

1968 ◽

Vol 6 (3) ◽

pp. 361-372 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

A. F. Ewing

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Foreign Aid ◽

Developing World ◽

Economic Situation ◽

Poor Countries ◽

Self Reliance ◽

Developed World

The sombre picture of the economic situation in most developing countries, and not least in Africa, has become increasingly familiar in the last two or three years. Foreign aid is at best not increasing and the terms on which it is offered are hardening. There has been little or no relaxation of the obstacles to increased trade between the developed and the under-developed world. The growth of many poor countries has been limited; and, indeed, within the developing world, the gap between those at the top and those at the bottom is growing, as is that between the developed and the under-developed world as a whole.

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