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We analyze demand for prepaid cellular voice and short message service (SMS) in South Africa by means of a demand … highly, they are as much as twice more elastic than off-peak communications. In relative terms, demand for communications … during peak hours is more elastic for urban than for rural consumers, while the reverse can be said about demand for off …
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The diffusion of information and communication technologies (ICTs) and their potential as a development tool have generated a wide array of views. The variety of views suggests that the role and impact of these technologies are still obscure and that the debate regarding them suffers from a lack...
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The diffusion of information and communication technologies (ICTs) and their potential as a development tool have generated a wide array of views. The variety of views suggests that the role and impact of these technologies are still obscure and that the debate regarding them suffers from a lack...
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This study begins with an overview of the poverty situation in the Philippines. It then takes a brief look at the poor in the rural areas, followed with a discussion of the poor in the informal sector. It then, brings these two sectors together, with an examination of the poor and the...
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