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CGD in the News
September 19, 2014
One reason mobile phones have a considerably greater impact in poor countries is because other information-based services are so weak. Only about one-quarter of people in sub-Saharan Africa have an account at a financial institution—let alone a Visa or American Express card. Mobile payments ha...
CGD in the News
July 07, 2014
Two years ago Aker et al added to [our knowledge of “what works” in adult education in low-income environments] with a study from Niger showing that a mobile phone-based component added to a standard adult literacy program improved math and literacy scores for participants, and those res...