Telecommunications Reform, Internet Use and Mobile Phone Adoption in the Developing World

World Development

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1159-1169

  Howard, Philip N ^a,b   Mazaheri, Nimah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

developing countries; digital divide; internet; mobile phones; policy reform; time series cross sectional analysis

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; INTERNET; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; POLICY REFORM; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TELECOMMUNICATION; TIME SERIES;

EID: 67349248103     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2008.12.005     Document Type: Article

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