A Pro-poor Bias: Leapfrogging and the Context

Jeffrey James ()
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Jeffrey James: Tilburg University

Chapter Chapter 4 in The Impact of Mobile Phones on Poverty and Inequality in Developing Countries, 2016, pp 33-46 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The previous chapter suggested that the mobile phone has spread quite widely at the B of P even in relatively poor developing countries. I argued there that the popularity of this technology had to do partly with its affordability. In this chapter I seek to further explain the popularity of the mobile among those living at the BoP and to discuss how they benefit from it. My contention is that these issues have partly to do with the nature of the technology itself and partly with the context in which it is introduced in relatively backward areas of developing countries. In both cases, I contend that there is evidence of a pro-poor bias in the way benefits accrue to the various income groups.

Keywords: Appropriate technology; Beeping; Sharing; Leapfrogging; Network effects (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-27368-6_4

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