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Asian Development Bank (1996) "Towards Universal Access: Socioeconomic Impact Study of Rural Telecommunications in Thailand. Volume 1: Main Report." Midas Agronomics Report T.A. 2381, 30 November

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Bayes, A. (1999) "Telecom: Insight into a Grameen Bank initiative." The Daily Star, 4 April

Bayes, A., von Braun, J. & Akhter, R. (1999) Village pay phones and poverty reduction: Insights from a Grameen Bank initiative in Bangladesh. Information and Communication Technologies and Economic Development. vol.8 ZEF- Discussion Papers on Development Policy No. 8. Bonn: Center for Development Research, ZEF. Bonn, 31 May-1 June.

Bhatt, N. & Tang, S.-Y. (1998) "The problem of transaction costs in group-based microlending: An institutional perspective." World Development, 26(4), 623-37

Camp, Jean L. & Anderson, Brian L. (1999) "Grameen Phone: Empowering the Poor through Connectivity." The Magazine on Information Impacts, December

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