The Impact of Mobile Telephone Use on Economic Development of Households in Uganda

We examine the impact of mobile telephone use on economic development of individual households. Unique cross-sectional data were collected in personal interviews with heads of households (N=196) in Uganda. Economic development is measured at the household level by the Progress out of Poverty Index. We find strong support that mobile phone use positively impacts economic development.Economic development, Progress out of poverty index, mobile telephone, mobile banking, mobile search