Sep 24, 2009 
Categories: Mobile Technologies
Tags: Featured Iqbal, Iqbal Quadir
The Economist
September 24, 2009
HOW did a device that just a few years ago was regarded as a yuppie plaything become, in the words of Jeffrey Sachs, a development guru at Columbia University's Earth Institute, "the single most transformative tool for development"? Read more >>
Categories: Mobile Technologies
Tags: Featured Iqbal, Iqbal Quadir
In this note to the Editor, Iqbal Quadir respond to Bill Gates’ views on development.
Can the Cellphone Help End Global Poverty?
This article details the role that cell-phones can and do play in the developing world.
GSMA MobileWorld Congress, February 2008
Iqbal Quadir addresses the GSMA MobileWorld Congress and uses the story of GrameenPhone to illustrate the unique potential of cell-phones and communication technologies to alleviate poverty in the developing world.
