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Record Nr.

UNINA9910255056803321

Autore

James Jeffrey

Titolo

The Impact of Mobile Phones on Poverty and Inequality in Developing Countries / / by Jeffrey James

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016

ISBN

3-319-27368-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2016.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (99 p.)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in Economics, , 2191-5504

Disciplina

384.53

Soggetti

Development economics

Social structure

Equality

Social policy

Communication

Management

Industrial management

Development Economics

Social Structure, Social Inequality

Social Policy

Communication Studies

Innovation/Technology Management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

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 Internet -- Micro, Macro and Scaling Effects -- Patterns of Mobile Phone Use in Africa -- Mobile Phones and Safety in Developing Countries: Further Evidence -- Mobile Phone Use in Africa: Implications for Inequality and the Digital Divide.

Sommario/riassunto

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 economy as a whole.