Mobiles Role Rural Poor

Report

A World Bank Group ICT Policy Division report, ‘The Role of Mobile Phones in Sustainable Rural Poverty Reduction’, published June 2008 by Asheeta Bhavnani, Rowena Won-Wai Chiu, Subramaniam Janakiram and Peter Silarszky. The report examines why information and mobile telephony specifically matter for the rural poor, compares the status of the mobile industry in developed and developing countries, and assesses mobile telephony’s direct economic and macro-level benefits alongside its broader social impact on poverty reduction strategies.