Challenging Conventional Views on Mobile Telecommunications

Challenging Conventional Views on Mobile Telecommunications
Investment: Evidence from Conflict Zones

New paper at: http://www.sed.manchester.ac.uk/idpm/research/publications/wp/di/short/di_sp09.pdf

We question conventional views on investment climates with a study of
mobile telecommunications in three insecure states that score very
badly in the World Governance Index: Afghanistan, DRC and Somalia.
Data is limited but suggests insecurity and "bad governance" may not
be the barriers to investment that are normally supposed. Indeed, it
is possible – at least for this type of digital technology – that they
may encourage investment.

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