IV. LITERATURE REVIEW

Literature reviewed in this article: Robert Levine, Public Planning Karen Davis, National Health Insurance: Benefits, Costs, and Consequences Martha Derthick, Uncontrollable Spendinq for Social Services Grants Sar A. Levitan and Joyce K. Zickler, The Quest for a Federal Manpower Partnership Kettil Brun, Lynn Pan, and Ingemar Rexed, The Gentlemen's Club: International Control of Drugs and Alcohol Richard L. Rachin and Eugene H. Czajkoski, Drug Abuse Control Timothy H. Hannan, The Economics of Methadone Maintenance Henry J. Aaron, Who Pays the Property-Tax: A New View George F. Break and Joseph A. Pechman, Federal Tax Reform, the Impossible Dream? Robert K. Yin and Douglas Yates, Street-Level Governments: Assessing Decentralization and Urban Services David J. O'Brien, Neighborhood Organization and Interest Group Processes James Q. Wilson, Thinking about Crime W. Henry Lambright, Governinq Science and Technoloqy James L. Sundquist, Dispersing Population: What America Can Learn from Europe     

SYMPOSIUM ON INTRODUCTORY TEXTBOOKS ON PUBLIC POLICY ANALYSIS

WORLD POLICAL ECONOMY
Robert Gilpin, U.S. Power and the Multinational Corporation
Zuhayr Mikdashi, The International Politics of Natural Resources
Mason Willrich, Energy and World Politics
RECENT RELEVANT LITERATURE
J. Clarence Davies III and Barbara S. Davies, The Politics of Pollution
POLICY STUDIES PAPERS FROM NON-POLITICAL SCIENCE CONVENTIONS
A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF POLICY STUDIES BOOKS     

REVIEWS

Mateship in Local Organization. By H. G. Oxley. University of Queensland Press. 1974, pp. xvi + 240. Price $A8.00. Bradstow. By R. A. Wild. Angus and Robertson. 1974. Pb. pp. 256. Price $A6.95. (Hardback, $A11.50). ISBN 0.207-12884.7.     

Left to Other Peoples’ Devices? A Political Economy Perspective on the Big Data Revolution in Development

This article brings a political economy perspective to the field of Data for Development (D4D). It highlights the fact that many projects involve extracting data from African‐based organizations for expert analysis in advanced economies. This extraction is justified on the basis that it is being used for humanitarian purposes. Key actors including the UN Global Pulse and World Economic Forum have lobbied for a governance framework emphasizing greater emission, personalization and centralization of data. The article shows how this approach enables the strategies of multinational corporations which are aiming to become data custodians of Africa's emerging economies. Little attention has been paid to the geographical distribution of capacity building nor to the ways in which data‐driven restructuring may alter existing livelihoods. As African economies become increasingly ‘digital’, data will become a source of power in economic governance. Current frameworks amount to a kind of industrial policy that supports the learning and innovation of foreign firms. The article aims to move D4D away from the focus on humanitarianism towards economic development, considering the opportunities for African citizens to benefit from their data as a source of revenue, knowledge and power. The conclusion suggests lines of inquiry for taking research further.