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This study was commissioned by the Strategic Planning & Policy Division of the Asia Branch Poverty Reduction Project, Canadian International Development Agency, as a case study amongst many undertaken as part of the Asia Branch Poverty Reduction Project, to investigate the impact of the GrameenPhone and Grameen Telecom provision of micro-credit cellular phone service on poverty reduction and the socio-economic situation of women Village Phone operators and users at large.

Copyright © Government of Canada, Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, 2000, represented by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). The opinions expressed in this report are those of the authors. Publication of this report is not an endorsement of the research findings by TDG and supplied to CIDA.

Authors: Dr. Don Richardson, Ricardo Ramirez, Moinul Haq

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