The Impact of Mobile Phones on Poverty and Inequality in Developing Countries

by Jeffrey James and Jeffrey James

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319273663
• ISBN13: 9783319273662
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 93 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"