Access to and use of mobile telephony in sub-Saharan Africa has increased dramatically
over the past decade. Mobile telephony has brought new possibilities to the continent. Across …

Cash transfers have become an increasingly important component of social protection
policies in both developed and developing countries. While such programs are often …

Mobile phone coverage has expanded considerably throughout the developing world,
particularly within sub-Saharan Africa. Existing evidence suggests that increased access to …

Since the 1960s, a variety of welfare-enhancing technologies have been introduced into
developing countries, in sectors ranging from agriculture and health to medicine and energy. …

Agriculture can serve as an important engine for economic growth in developing countries,
yet yields in these countries have lagged far behind those in developed countries for decades…

Price dispersion across markets is common in developing countries. Using novel market
and trader-level data, this paper provides estimates of the impact of mobile phones on price …

Cell phones are quickly transforming markets in low-income countries. The effect is particularly
dramatic in rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa, where cell phones often represent the first …

The widespread growth of information and telecommunication technologies (ICTs) in rural
areas of developing countries offers new opportunities to provide more timely and low‐cost …

Public services are important to a country’s productivity, growth, and development. 1 Yet the
quantity and quality of public services varies widely, in part due to information asymmetries, …

The widespread growth of mobile phone coverage worldwide has offered new potential for
increasing rural households’ access to information and public and private transfers. Yet …