Using Mobile Phone Data to Reduce Spread of Disease (English)

While human mobility has important benefits for economic growth, it can generate negative externalities. This paper studies the effect of mobility on the spread of disease in a low-incidence setting when people do not internalize their risks to others. Using malaria as a case study and 15 billion mobile phone records across nine million SIM cards, this paper causally quantifies the relationship between travel and the spread of disease. The estimates...

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Milusheva,Svetoslava Petkova;
Document Date
2020/03/30
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS9198
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Senegal, World,
Region
Western and Central Africa, Other,
Disclosure Date
2020/03/30
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Using Mobile Phone Data to Reduce Spread of Disease
Keywords
Development Impact Evaluation

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Milusheva,Svetoslava Petkova.

Using Mobile Phone Data to Reduce Spread of Disease (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 9198 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/143411585572411591

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