Mobile phones in Africa: How much do we really know?

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 117-126

  James, Jeffrey ^a   Versteeg, Mila ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Africa as a special case; Concepts of mobile reach in developing countries; Implications for digital divide; Mobile footprint

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; DEVELOPMENT INDICATOR; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY; WELFARE IMPACT;

AFRICA;

EID: 34548146796     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-006-9079-x     Document Type: Article

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