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Blockchain technology for global social change / by Jane Thomason, Sonja Bernhardt, Tia Kansara, and Nichola Cooper.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thomason, Jane, 1958- author.
- Bernhardt, Sonja, 1959- author.
- Kansara, Tia, 1983- author.
- Cooper, Nichola, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Blockchains (Databases)--Social aspects.
- Blockchains (Databases).
- Blockchains (Databases)--Economic aspects.
- Physical Description:
- 18 PDFs (243 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Hershey, Pennsylvania : IGI Global, [2019]
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- "This book examines the concepts behind blockchain and the potential applications of the technology to improve the lives of the poor in emerging markets"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1. Introduction: how frontier technologies are changing our world
- Chapter 2. Blockchain introduced
- Chapter 3. Blockchain, the digital state, and the new world order
- Chapter 4. Emerging markets: the innovative first movers
- Chapter 5. Transforming cities
- Chapter 6. Can blockchain really help the poor?: if so, who is trying to?
- Chapter 7. Refugees and humanitarian settings
- Chapter 8. Blockchain for universal health coverage
- Chapter 9. Donors and international organisations
- Chapter 10. The emerging future.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781522595809
- 1522595805
- OCLC:
- 1110699783
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