Enlightenment Economics is a
consultancy specialising in global and technological
issues.
Our principal areas of expertise are:
- Economic and social impacts of new technologies
- Globalisation, trade and migration
- Corporate governance and institutional reform
- European integration
Clients include major global corporations and financial
institutions, international agencies and voluntary sector
organisations. We address the large-scale, long-term issues
facing businesses, governments and individuals. Amongst our
recent work has been part of the
Innovation Index being developed by NESTA.
Diane Coyle chairs the advisory panel of the Vodafone
Socio-Economic Impact of Mobiles research programme. Its
first two reports were on
mobiles in Africa and
healthcare. The third report (with
Nokia and NSN), on
mobile transactions in developing
countries was published in July 2007. The latest
looks at productivity growth and impact in urban slums
in
India, and was published in January
2009. Enlightenment Economics contributed to a report
on the
use of mobiles in Lebanon in the
summer 2006 conflict and prepared a report for the GSM
Association on the use of mobiles in disasters and
emergencies.
