Title: Mobile Opportunities: Poverty and Mobile Telephony in Latin America and the Caribbean
Authors: Hernán Galperin, Judith Mariscal
Pages: 18 pp.
Publisher: DIRSI
Date published: November 2007
Date accessed: 18/06/2009
Type of information: research publications
Language: English
On-line access: yes (pdf, 7,5mb)
Abstract:
Access to telephony for low-income groups is largely based on different strategies of mobile
telephony usage. The main goal of this research project is to explore the strategies employed by the poor in Latin America and the Caribbean to access and use mobile telephony services, as well as to identify the major market and regulatory barriers for increased penetration and usage. More generally, it seeks to contribute to the discussion on how access to mobile telephony contributes to improving the livelihoods of the poor – what we call mobile opportunities.