Yes, indeed - there is a nice (short) review of that literature in the original Vodafone report: see page 5 of http://www.vodafone.com/etc/medialib/public_policy_series.Par.56572.File.dat/public_policy_series_9.pdf <http://www.vodafone.com/etc/medialib/public_policy_series.Par.56572.File.dat/public_policy_series_9.pdf> Lynne Hamill University of Surrey
________________________________ From: [email protected] on behalf of YANG Boxu Sent: Tue 05/05/2009 13:39 To: [email protected] Subject: ??: [mobile-society] Economic impact of mobiles If I remember correctly, similar correlation between the fixed phone penetration and economic growth in developing countries was also found in the 1980s. Regards, Boxu Yang Peking (Beijing) University ???: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] ?? [email protected] ????: 2009?5?4? 21:56 ???: [email protected] ??: [mobile-society] Economic impact of mobiles Some of you may be interested in this: "Kenya's experience is just one example of the amazing impact that mobile phones <http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/mobilephones> are having on economic growth in developing countries. A report commissioned by Vodafone, India: The Impact of Mobile Phones <http://bit.ly/cash23> found that Indian states with high mobile penetration grow faster economically than those with lower penetration by as much as 1.2 percentage points a year for every 10% increase in the penetration rate. Even if that were only half true it is an astonishing tribute to the power of mobiles as an engine of growth." Full article at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/apr/30/banking-technology <http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/apr/30/banking-technology> Lynne Hamill University of Surrey --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mobile-society" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mobile-society?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
