Using mobile phones to collect panel data in developing countries
Dillon, Brian
The rapid spread of mobile telephony throughout the developing world offers researchers a new and exciting means of data collection. This paper describes and analyzes the experience of a research project that used mobile phones to collect high frequency, quantitative economic data from households in rural Tanzania. I discuss the research design, highlight some of the mistakes made and lessons learned, and speculate on the applicability of this method in other settings.
Event: Annual World Bank Conference on Land and Poverty 2013
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