There's an interesting piece on The Economist about mobile phones in Kenya, and the priority placed on having a phone — credit may score more highly than a meal in some cases.
This made me think of a posting on Slashdot a couple of months ago about the culture of "missed calls" in India; apparently it's customary not to answer a call from your driver / delivery person, since it costs them, but instead to receive the missed call and ring them back.
Very interesting indeed!
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