Blockchain technology for global social change

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"This book examines the concepts behind blockchain and the potential applications of the technology to improve the lives of the poor in emerging markets"--

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Full title :Blockchain technology for global social change / Jane Thomason, Sonja Bernhardt, Tia Kansara, Nichola Cooper.

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"This book examines the concepts behind blockchain and the potential applications of the technology to improve the lives of the poor in emerging markets"--

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2019

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Engineering Science Reference (an imprint of IGI Global)
Place of Publication:Hershey, PA
Language:eng
Publication Date:2019

The Physical Object

Description:xiii, 243 pages ; : 27 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781522595786, 1522595783, 9781522595793, 1522595791
oclc:on1085623199
LC Classification:QA76.9.B56
Dewey Decimal:005.8/24

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.

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