mobile communications

Mobiles Phones and Social and Economic Impact, Part 3: A New World Bank Report

August 25, 2008 | fredericknoronha

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economic impact, mobile communications, social impact, world bank

Beauticians in Pakistan, sex-workers in Serbia, taxi drivers in Thailand. What do they have in common? They're all being helped by mobile phones which make it cheaper to start up businesses, and reduce the cost of operating. Besides sparking off "entrepreneurship," mobiles across the globe are giving a spurt to productivity, says a June 2008 World Bank report on The Role of Mobile Phones in Rural Poverty Reduction.

Research on Economic and Social Impact of Mobile Communications: GSMA Development Fund

August 25, 2008 | KatrinVerclas

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developing countries, GSMA Development FUnd, mobile, mobile communications, mobileactive08, social impact

In our exploration this week of the social impact of mobiles phones on livelihoods, the GSMA Development Fund has aggregated key research studies from the last few years on the social and economic impact of mobile telephony in developing countries.

We are very pleased that key practitioners and researchers from the field cited in the report will be leading sessions at MobileActive08 such as Jonathan Donner, Microsoft and Jesse Moore, GSMA Development Fund.