Abstract
Codesign with resource-constrained people living in developing countries is crucial for sustained adoption and use of designed solutions. Several studies have investigated codesign with resource-constrained people. It is, therefore, important to understand what has been investigated and learnt so far as well as to plan for further scholarly exploration of this field. To address this, I applied a systematic literature review (SLR) approach to understand main sources, definitions, and theoretical perspectives regarding codesign with resource-constrained people. The SLR also aimed to understand inputs and outputs of codesign as well as factors influencing the codesign process. The findings portray a multifaceted picture regarding these aspects of codesign. I discuss implications of review findings for the practice of codesigning solutions with resource-constrained people, identify concerns that researchers should have about this field, and offer suggestions for future research in this field of codesign.
Highlights
Ten percent of the world’s population subsisted on less than 1.90 US dollars per day in 2015 (World Bank 2019)
This paper aims at systematically reviewing: (1) how codesign with resource-constrained people has been defined in the literature, (2) theoretical perspectives on codesign in this field, (3) sources initiating codesign activities with resource-constrained people, (4) factors supporting and hindering codesign with them, (5) inputs in codesign activities, and (6) outputs of codesign
This Section presents findings of the review. These findings address the reviews aims about how codesign with the resource-constrained people has been defined in the literature (Sect. 3.1), various theoretical perspectives about codesign in this field (Sect. 3.2), different types of sources initiating codesign activities with resource-constrained people (Sect. 3.3), inputs and outputs of codesign (Sects. 3.4 and 3.5), and factors supporting and hindering codesign in this field (Sects. 3.6 and 3.7)
Summary
Ten percent of the world’s population subsisted on less than 1.90 US dollars per day in 2015 (World Bank 2019). Problems faced by the resource-constrained people living in developing countries are typically multidimensional Their problems have been framed in many varied ways such as a monetary issue (Banerjee and Duflo 2007), ill health, or inability to fulfil basic needs (Karelis 2007). Their problems share many intertwined attributes such as lack of income and resources for satisfying basic needs such as food, shelter, and clothing, and weak or non-existent access to basic facilities such as energy, education (Gustavsson 2007), sanitation (Lopes et al 2012), public health (Zurovcik et al 2011), safe drinking water (Matlack et al 2011), and infrastructure (Prahalad 2004). Such solutions can manifest in the form of products and services such as medical devices, smokeless cookstoves, income-generating products and services, agricultural equipment, communication devices, solutions providing access to energy, water and sanitation facilities, solutions for delivery of education, facilities promoting entrepreneurial activities, programmes raising awareness about environmental issues, or any other solutions that promote development of resource-constrained individuals and communities (Aranda Jan et al 2016; Prahalad 2004)
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