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Alan Gelb

Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development
Directory:
Health Policy
Expertise:
africa
biometric identification
developing economies
development
economy
mobile technology
policy
Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna
solar power
world bank

Alan Gelb is a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development. His recent research includes aid and development outcomes, the transition from planned to market economies, the development applications of biometric ID technology, and the special development challenges of resource-rich countries. He was previously director of development policy at the World Bank and chief economist for the bank’s Africa region and staff director for the 1996 World Development Report “From Plan to Market.


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Use of solar power and biometric ID to provide healthcare in rural Africa

Alan Gelb
Directory:
Medicine
Tags:
africa
biometric ID
biometric identification
Nigeria
postnatal care
solar panel
solar power

A postnatal care program using biometric identification has been developed in Cross River State, Nigeria. Since power supply in that region is quite unreliable, the electronics to run it is powered by solar panels. This is a relevant example of how new technology can be transported and used in rural areas and in environments that we would normally consider difficult.

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