Mobile Phones and Economic Development in Rural Peru

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1617-1628

  Beuermann, Diether W ^a   McKelvey, Christopher ^b   Vakis, Renos ^c  

^a CENTRUM CATÓLICA GRADUATE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Peru)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RURAL ECONOMY; VILLAGE;

PERU;

EID: 84871151270     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2012.709615     Document Type: Article

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