TY  - BOOK
AU  - Eppler, Mirko
AU  - Gaetani, Stella
AU  - Köllner, Francy
AU  - Kuhnt, Jana
AU  - Martin-Shields, Charles
AU  - Mebrahtu, Nyat
AU  - Peters, Antonia
AU  - Preiß, Carlotta
A2  - Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020//
TI  - Information and communication technology in the lives of forcibly displaced persons in Kenya
T3  - Discussion paper 2020, 15
PB  - Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik gGmbH
CY  - Bonn
KW  - Flüchtlinge
KW  - Informationstechnik
KW  - Kenia
KW  - Gruppe
KW  - Displaced Person
KW  - Kommunikationstechnik
KW  - Soziale Integration
AB  - This report examines how forcibly displaced persons use information and communication technologies (ICTs) in Kenya. Focusing on the role and potential of ICT with regard to mobility and inclusion, this paper studies the needs of forcibly displaced persons and seeks to understand how technology could help to meet these needs. The study identifies success factors concerning the deployment of ICT services, which potentially support the lives of forcibly displaced persons. Based on this analysis, we formulate policy recommendations for organisations who want to deploy ICT services for forcibly displaced persons in Kenya. Since living conditions and access to technology differ in urban, rural and camp environments, the research was conducted in Nairobi, the Tana Delta County and Kakuma Refugee Camp. Our results are based on data collected through a mixed-method approach. Qualitative, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 90 forcibly displaced persons in Nairobi, Kakuma Refugee Camp and the Tana Delta County. Twenty-four organisations providing ICT services in Kenya were interviewed to provide a practitioners' perspective. The creation of the interview guides and the codebook for the analysis were developed based on the e-governance framework developed by Verdegem and Verleye, who have identified important conditions for a successful uptake of ICT services, namely awareness, perception, access and usability. [...]
UR  - https://www.die-gdi.de/uploads/media/DP_15.2020.pdf
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10419/222299
UR  - https://doi.org/10.23661/dp15.2020
DO  - 10.23661/dp15.2020
LA  - English
N1  - Mirko Eppler, Stella Gaetani, Francy Köllner, Jana Kuhnt, Charles Martin-Shields, Nyat Mebrahtu, Antonia Peters, Carlotta Preiß
ID  - 1702882705
ER  -