The power of information: the impact of mobile phones on farmers' welfare in the Philippines

    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Labonne, Julien (author) and Chase, Robert S. (author)
    Format:
    Research paper
    Publication Date:
    2009
    URL:
    documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/132511468297548935/the-power-of-information-the-impact-of-mobile-phones-on-farmers-welfare-in-the-philippines
    Published:
    Philippines: Sustainable Development Network, Social Development Department, The World Bank
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 127 Document Number: D11237
    Subject Term:
    adoption, economics of information, farmers, information utilization, market information, media effectiveness, media use, mobile communication systems, rural poor, telephone communication, value of information, mobile phone, cell phones, and Philippines (South-Eastern Asia)
    Notes:
    Via online. Policy Research Working Paper No. 4996. 24 pages., Authors explored the impact of access to information on poor farmers' consumption. Results indicated that farmers purchasing a mobile phone experienced larger growth rate per capita consumption over the 2002-2006 period. Estimates ranged from 11 percent to 17 percent.

    Tools