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An overview on diffusion, policy, use and impact of mobiles phones in international development has recently been published: http://www.id21.org/insights/insights69/insights69.pdf
Based on a series of research summaries plus an overview editorial, it
technology has limits...social context...‘physicality of development’...Actual money must still be transacted; face-to-face meetings must still occur; and real goods and infrastructure must still be produced and used...mobiles...therefore have limits.
ckreutz ict international development business mobil telecommunications technology
2007/09 - Institute of Development Studies (IDS), IDS Insights No. 69
2007 en m ids publication opinion information_management development_studies economy technology
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