Possibilities for the use of mobile phones and more-than-voice services to improve the economic status of women-headed households at the BOP

The paper looks at women’s use of mobile phones and more-than-voice services, and how this can be leveraged to improve the economic status of female-headed households in the emerging Asian base of pyramid (BOP) economies. Women’s success at microfinance could be leveraged via appropriate mobile phone services to improve their economic situation. Initial results suggest that female-headed households are in fact economically worse-off, and that their phone use pattern for economic related services is less conducive for success than male-headed households. Male household heads use their mobiles to build wider and or stronger networks than their women counterparts

The Tiger Vol. 87 Issue 8 1993-10-15

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Reference and Representation in Down's Syndrome

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Effective science communication to children via a health-related Web site

This study assesses one Web site, Veggie-mon.org. This Web site aims to effectively communciate health information to children, resulting in user learning and an intent to change health behavior. Fourth- through eighth-grade pupils were interviewed before and after perusing the Web site for up to 20 minutes, and then they participated in focus groups. A majority of participants learned what the Web site was about, had previous health knowledge reinforced, discovered new health information, and said it made a difference in their health choices. Readability tests performed on seven text passages on the site indicated seventh- and eighth-grade reading levels, which is too high for the majority of the targeted audience

Volume 6, Number 3

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Volume 6, Number 3

This issue is full of ... GARBAGE!, Pantagraph\u27s Pages, Don Stone\u27s Deals, Dozier\u27s Letters, ISU\u27s Quad, Feature: Low-Income Housing: Welfare for the Richhttps://thekeep.eiu.edu/post_amerikan/1063/thumbnail.jp

December 9, 1999

The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia