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A mobile phone revolution is empowering individuals, whether poor or illiterate, to exercise their capabilities by participating in economic activities at levels unimaginable only a decade ago. The merger of development theory with capabilities, freedom, and human rights, offers…

The motivation for this research comes from the belief that an over reliance on a social constructivist perspective has caused development studies in general, and post-development in particular, to under-theorize the role of discourse in development. A key issue in post-developm…