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Demand and Adoption of Innovation- Mobile based services

“Innovation is the central issue in economic prosperity" - Michael Porter Any study that evaluates a service/product innovat...

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Bridging the Last Mile : Evaluation of Mobile Phone- Based Agricultural Extension

In 2011, we launched a large-scale field experiment to evaluate a service (Avaaj Otalo, or AO) that delivers mobile-phone-based agricultura...

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Trusting Technology: Insights from the Field

Respondents using Avaaj Otalo (AO) - a mobile phone based agricultural extension service- are used to receiving weekly voice calls incorpor...

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Newsletter Article, Issue #18: Avaaj Otalo: Evaluating the effectiveness of a mobile-based extension service

Author: Ishani Desai It is estimated that more than half of the Indian labor force is engaged in agriculture.  Given this, India’s produ...

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Analyzing the BC Model (Part II) Why isn’t it working? - Dormancy of No-Frills Accounts

[Terminology Used:  Agents or Customer Service Points (CSPs)  - Individuals, shops or other outlet points responsible for direct contact w...

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Analyzing the Business Correspondent Model (Part I) - Why BCs?

Today, we begin a series on the Business Correspondent (BC) model based on findings from CMFs on-going studies and external research on th...

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A better harvest for Indian farmers - just a phone call away?

Author: Tanaya Devi A new CMF study explores the potential of a new mobile agricultural extension service to improve farming techniqu...

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