ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on more general issues of Big Data (BD), the cloud, and mobile phone combination to deliver value to end-users. The use of mobile devices, rather than personal computers, to access BD- and cloud-based applications stands out as a particularly appealing and promising choice for developing economies, especially the least developed countries (LDCs). BD- and cloud-based mobile computing solutions in developing economies are supplied by local as well as foreign firms. The chapter describes appropriateness, effectiveness, feasibility, and worthwhileness of BD- and cloud-based mobile computing solutions in the developing world. Some of the most dramatic impacts of BD- and cloud-based mobile computing solutions in developing economies have been documented in health care. BD- and cloud-based mobile computing solutions have boosted productivity of traditional sectors such as agriculture and farming as well as that of enterprises in the modern sector.
