Blauw, S.L. ()Franses, Ph.H.B.F. (Philip Hans)Ugandaeconomic developmentmobile bankingmobile searchmobile telephoneprogress out of poverty indexhttp://hdl.handle.net/1765/26793endocumentTinbergen Institute2011-10-280929-0834We examine the impact of mobile telephone use on economic development of individual households. Unique cross-sectional data were collected in personal interviews with heads of households (N=196) in Uganda. Economic development is measured at the household level by the Progress out of Poverty Index. We find strong support that mobile phone use positively impacts economic development.Tinbergen Institute 2011-10-28 0929-0834 urn:NBN:nl:ui:15-1765/26793 1 48