Research Catalog

Title

Crossing the digital divide : applying technology to the global refugee crisis / Shelly Culbertson, James Dimarogonas, Katherine Costello, Serafina Lanna.

Author

Culbertson, Shelly

Publication

Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND Corporation, [2019]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Dimarogonas, James
• Costello, Katherine
• Lanna, Serafina
• Rand Corporation, issuing body

Alternative Title

Applying technology to the global refugee crisis

Subject

• Refugees > Services for
• Digital divide

Note

• "Sponsored by Schmidt Futures."
• "RAND Social and Economic Well-Being."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 89-98).

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.

Call Number

JFF 20-1268

ISBN

• 9781977403957
• 1977403956

LCCN

10.7249/RR4322

OCLC

1138612882

Author

Culbertson, Shelly, author.

Title

Crossing the digital divide : applying technology to the global refugee crisis / Shelly Culbertson, James Dimarogonas, Katherine Costello, Serafina Lanna.

Publisher

Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND Corporation, [2019]

Description

xxi, 98 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 89-98).

Summary

In the past two decades, the global population of forcibly displaced people has more than doubled, from 34 million in 1997 to 71 million in 2018. Amid this growing crisis, refugees and the organizations that assist them have turned to technology as an important resource, and technology can and should play an important role in solving problems in humanitarian settings. In this report, the authors analyze technology uses, needs, and gaps, as well as opportunities for better using technology to help displaced people and improving the operations of responding agencies. The authors also examine inherent ethical, security, and privacy considerations; explore barriers to the successful deployment of technology; and outline some tools for building a more systematic approach to such deployment. The study approach included a literature review, semi-structured interviews with stakeholders, and focus groups with displaced people in Colombia, Greece, Jordan, and the United States. The authors provide several recommendations for more strategically using and developing technology in humanitarian settings.

Additional Formats

Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format.

Connect to:

https://doi.org/10.7249/RR4322

Added Author

Dimarogonas, James, author.

Costello, Katherine, author.

Lanna, Serafina, author.

Rand Corporation, issuing body.

Other Standard Identifier

10.7249/RR4322 doi

Report No.

RAND/RR-4322-TSFF

Research Call Number

JFF 20-1268