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James, Jeffrey – Social Indicators Research, 2013
The well-known s-shaped diffusion of technology curve generally works well in developed countries. But how does it perform in the very different context of developing countries? Across a wide range of new technologies imported from the developed countries it works poorly. In most cases the penetration rate fails to reach 25% of the population. The…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Telecommunications, Population Distribution
Fawcett, Caroline; Hartwell, Ash; Israel, Ron – EQUIP3, 2010
This report offers the first systematic analysis of out-of-school youth populations. In so doing, it estimates the youth bulge worldwide and measures key characteristics of out-of-school youth for sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. In addition, as examples of how existing data can be used for analysis at the national and subnational levels, the…
Descriptors: Statistical Data, Foreign Countries, Profiles, Out of School Youth