Rwanda / Senegal / Mauritius / Niger / South Africa / Egypt / Kenya / France / Uganda / Malawi / Canada / Tanzania / Ethiopia / Somalia / Central African Republic / Benin / Algeria / Tunisia / Mozambique / Libya / Mali / Sao Tome and Principe / United States / Democratic Republic of Congo / Nigeria / Morocco / Ghana / Argentina / /
Currency
USD / / /
Facility
Southern Methodist University / Tufts University / /
IndustryTerm
bank account / mobile telephony / Wireless Intelligence / personal travel / telecommunications industry / real time / landline infrastructure / educational services / search mechanisms / mobile phone-based applications / Web Pays / search costs / sample search / unreliable electricity supplies / information technology / broadband Internet access / social networks / Internet usage / telecommunications infrastructure / landline network / search process / equivalent travel / telephone lines / mobile communications industry / phone networks / landline services / sequential search models / mobile-related services / search technology / mobile phone network / lower search costs / electricity / mobile cellular networks / Internet subscribers / sequential search / communication tools / /
Organization
Department of Economics / Center for Global Development / Economics and Fletcher School / Tufts University / Southern Methodist University / Dallas / Sierra Leone CAR / World Bank / United Nations / /
Person
Jenny C. Aker / Paul Kagame / Timbuktu / C. Isaac M. Mbiti / Isaac M. Mbiti / /
Position
President / producer / Assistant Professor of Development Economics / Economist / Professor of Economics / /
ProvinceOrState
Texas / Massachusetts / /
PublishedMedium
Journal of Economic Perspectives / /
Region
West Africa / North Africa / Central Africa / Saharan Africa / sub-Saharan Africa / South Africa / East Africa / /
Technology
information technology / ADSL / Mobile Phones / GSM / 3G / broadband / search technology / cellular telephone / mobile telephony / /
Mobile Phones and Economic Development in Africa