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    Mobile Phones and Economic Development in Africa
    by Jenny C. Aker   Isaac M. Mbiti Published in The Journal of economic perspectives (01.07.2010)
    “...Access to and use of mobile telephony in sub-Saharan Africa has increased dramatically over the past decade. Mobile telephony has brought new possibilities to...”
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    Information from Markets Near and Far: Mobile Phones and Agricultural Markets in Niger
    by Jenny C. Aker Published in American economic journal. Applied economics (01.07.2010)
    “...Price dispersion across markets is common in developing countries. Using novel market and trader-level data, this paper provides estimates of the impact of...”
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    Mobile Phone Coverage and Producer Markets: Evidence from West Africa
    by Jenny C. Aker   Marcel Fafchamps Published in The World Bank economic review (01.01.2015)
    “...Mobile phone coverage has expanded considerably throughout the developing world, particularly within sub-Saharan Africa. Existing evidence suggests that...”
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    Information, Mobile Telephony, and Traders' Search Behavior in Niger
    by Jesse Tack   Jenny C. Aker Published in American journal of agricultural economics (01.10.2014)
    “...Information and communications technologies have spread rapidly in developing countries. We investigate the impact of mobile phones on traders' search behavior...”
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    Can Mobile Phones Improve Learning? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Niger
    by Jenny C. Aker   Christopher Ksoll   Travis J. Lybbert Published in American economic journal. Applied economics (01.10.2012)
    “...The returns to educational investments hinge on whether such investments can improve the quality and persistence of educational gains. We report the results...”
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    Dial “A” for agriculture: a review of information and communication technologies for agricultural extension in developing countries
    by Aker, Jenny C Published in Agricultural economics (01.11.2011)
    “...Agriculture can serve as an important engine for economic growth in developing countries, yet yields in these countries have lagged far behind those in...”
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    Can mobile phones improve agricultural outcomes? Evidence from a randomized experiment in Niger
    by Aker, Jenny C   Ksoll, Christopher Published in Food policy (01.04.2016)
    “...The widespread growth of mobile phone coverage worldwide has offered new potential for increasing rural households’ access to information and public and...”
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    Can ABC Lead to Sustained 123? The Medium-Term Effects of a Technology-Enhanced Adult Education Program
    by Aker, Jenny C   Ksoll, Christopher Published in Economic development and cultural change (01.04.2020)
    “...Can information technology preserve the short-term learning gains associated with adult education programs? This study estimates the medium-term impacts of a...”
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    Is Information Power? Using Mobile Phones and Free Newspapers during an Election in Mozambique
    by Aker, Jenny C   Collier, Paul   Vicente, Pedro C Published in The review of economics and statistics (01.05.2017)
    “...African elections often reveal low levels of political accountability. We assess different forms of voter education during an election in Mozambique. Three...”
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    Payment Mechanisms and Antipoverty Programs: Evidence from a Mobile Money Cash Transfer Experiment in Niger
    by Aker, Jenny C   Boumnijel, Rachid   McClelland, Amanda   Tierney, Niall Published in Economic development and cultural change (01.10.2016)
    “...Cash transfers have become an increasingly important component of social protection policies in both developed and developing countries. While such programs...”
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    Just a bit of cushion: The role of a simple savings device in meeting planned and unplanned expenses in rural Niger
    by Aker, Jenny C   Sawyer, Melita   Goldstein, Markus   O'Sullivan, Michael   McConnell, Margaret Published in World development (01.04.2020)
    “...•An intervention that provided access to a simple savings device was widely used by rural households in Niger.•The lockbox did not have a statistically...”
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    Contributions of experimental approaches to development and poverty alleviation: Field experiments and humanitarian assistance
    by Quattrochi, John   Aker, Jenny C   van der Windt, Peter   Voors, Maarten Published in World development (01.03.2020)
    “...The work of Nobel Laureates Banerjee, Duflo and Kremer has centered around the use of randomized control trials to help solve development problems. To date,...”
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    Borders, ethnicity and trade
    by Aker, Jenny C   Klein, Michael W   O'Connell, Stephen A   Yang, Muzhe Published in Journal of development economics (01.03.2014)
    “...This paper uses unique high-frequency data on prices of two agricultural goods to examine the additional costs incurred in cross-border trade between Niger and...”
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    Mobile Phones: Uplifting Weak and Failed States
    by Rotberg, Robert I   Aker, Jenny C Published in The Washington quarterly (01.02.2013)
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    Comparing Cash and Voucher Transfers in a Humanitarian Context: Evidence from the Democratic Republic of Congo
    by Aker, Jenny C Published in The World Bank economic review (01.02.2017)
    “...Despite recent calls in support of cash transfers, there is little rigorous evidence of the relative impacts of cash versus in-kind transfers, especially in...”
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    The promise (and pitfalls) of ICT for agriculture initiatives
    by Aker, Jenny C   Ghosh, Ishita   Burrell, Jenna Published in Agricultural economics (01.11.2016)
    “...The widespread growth of information and telecommunication technologies (ICTs) in rural areas of developing countries offers new opportunities to provide more...”
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    Call me educated: Evidence from a mobile phone experiment in Niger
    by Aker, Jenny C   Ksoll, Christopher Published in Economics of education review (01.10.2019)
    “...Teacher absenteeism is an important obstacle to sustained learning gains in many developing countries. We report the results from a randomized evaluation of an...”
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    Call me educated: Evidence from a mobile phone experiment in Niger.sup.a[degrees]
    by Aker, Jenny C   Ksoll, Christopher Published in Economics of education review (01.10.2019)
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    Mobile Phone Coverage and Producer Markets: Evidence from West Africa
    by Aker, Jenny C
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    Is information power? Using mobile phones and free newspapers during an election in Mozambique
    by Aker, Jenny C   Collier, Paul   Vicente, Pedro C Published in The review of economics and statistics (01.05.2017)
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