an increase of 10% in mobile penetration can raise the annual GDP growth rate by as much as 1.2 % in a developing country.
http://50.usaid.gov/infographic-mobile-phones-tackling-poverty/
ITU: Broadband can solve the global development gap
What is the impact of mobile telephony on economic growth?
http://www.openideo.com/search.html?text=mobile
PAPERS:
Can information and communication technologies be pro-poor?
Mobile Phones and Economic Development: Evidence From the Fishing Industry in India
http://www.cmamforum.org/Pool/Resources/Evidence-report-1-Reducing-hunger-and-undernutrition-mobile-phones-IDS-2013.pdf
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/20421338.2013.829295#.U0PLCfl_sXs
