The impact of mobile phones on poverty and inequality in developing countries [electronic resource] / Jeffrey James.
2016
TK6564.4.C45
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Title
The impact of mobile phones on poverty and inequality in developing countries [electronic resource] / Jeffrey James.
Author
James, Jeffrey, 1949-
ISBN
331927368X (electronic book)
9783319273686 (electronic book)
9783319273662
3319273663
9783319273686 (electronic book)
9783319273662
3319273663
Published
[Place of publication not identified] : Springer, [2016]
Copyright
©2016
Language
English
Description
1 online resource.
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TK6564.4.C45
Dewey Decimal Classification
330
Summary
This book investigates at both the micro- and macroeconomic levels the impact of mobile phones on poverty and inequality in developing countries. To gauge the effects of mobile phones on these aspects, the author refers to the standard concept of technology adoption and also analyses the actual utilization of mobile phones as a means of communication and the degree to which they have supplanted fixed-line phones. Readers will learn why the substitution effect is stronger among poor than rich users and why the benefits of some mobile phone projects are confined to the local or village level, while in other projects the gains can be felt throughout the℗ℓeconomy as a whole.
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SpringerBriefs in economics.
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The Impact of Mobile Phones on Poverty and Inequality in Developing Countries
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Table of Contents
Introduction
The diffusion of mobile phones in the historical context of innovations from developed countries
To what extent are the poor engaged with mobile telephony
A pro-poor-bias : leapfrogging and the context
Micro, macro and scaling effects
Patterns of mobile phone use in Africa
Mobile phone use in Africa : implications for inequality and the digital divide.
The diffusion of mobile phones in the historical context of innovations from developed countries
To what extent are the poor engaged with mobile telephony
A pro-poor-bias : leapfrogging and the context
Micro, macro and scaling effects
Patterns of mobile phone use in Africa
Mobile phone use in Africa : implications for inequality and the digital divide.