Running out of credit: The limitations of mobile telephony in a Tanzanian agricultural marketing system

Journal of Modern African Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 637-658

  Molony, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MARKET; CREDIT PROVISION; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; MARKETING; MOBILE COMMUNICATION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 56349142057     PISSN: 0022278X     EISSN: 14697777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022278X08003510     Document Type: Article

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