Cell-phone-enabled empowerment of woman earning less than 1/day

IEEE Technology and Society Magazine

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 39-45

  Potnis, Devendra Dilip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANKING INDUSTRY; CELL PHONE; DEVELOPING WORLD; PENETRATION RATES; WALMART;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MOBILE PHONES; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; TELEPHONE SETS;

CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS;

EID: 79958808003     PISSN: 02780097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MTS.2011.941327     Document Type: Article

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