Mobile money and the economy: A review of the evidence

J Aron - The World Bank Research Observer, 2018‏ - academic.oup.com
Mobile money is a recent innovation that provides financial transaction services via mobile
phone, including to the unbanked global poor. The technology has spread rapidly in the …

Mobile money

T Suri - Annual Review of Economics, 2017‏ - annualreviews.org
This review provides an overview of the operations and impacts of mobile money in the
develo** world. Over the past decade, mobile money has become a ubiquitous tool in …

Digital financial literacy and financial well-being

Y Choung, S Chatterjee, TY Pak - Finance Research Letters, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Digital financial literacy is an emerging concept that emphasizes necessary knowledge and
skills to carry out financial transactions on digital platforms. In this study, we aim to examine …

Building financial resilience through financial and digital literacy in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa

J Kass-Hanna, AC Lyons, F Liu - Emerging Markets Review, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Abstract Globally, 1.7 billion adults still lack access to formal financial services, with a large
percentage living in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Current financial inclusion …

Household response to an extreme shock: Evidence on the immediate impact of the Covid-19 lockdown on economic outcomes and well-being in rural Uganda

M Mahmud, E Riley - World Development, 2021‏ - Elsevier
We provide evidence on the economic and well-being impact of the Covid-19 lockdown on a
sample of households in rural Uganda. Our sample consists of 1,277 households randomly …

Mobile phones for financial inclusion: What explains the diffusion of mobile money innovations?

AA Lashitew, R Van Tulder, Y Liasse - Research Policy, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Mobile money innovations are expanding rapidly in develo** countries, where they
appear to be on track to extend financial services to billions of unbanked populations …

The promise (and pitfalls) of ICT for agriculture initiatives

JC Aker, I Ghosh, J Burrell - Agricultural Economics, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
The widespread growth of information and telecommunication technologies (ICTs) in rural
areas of develo** countries offers new opportunities to provide more timely and low‐cost …

Do financial innovations improve financial inclusion? Evidence from mobile money adoption in Africa

D Avom, C Bangaké, H Ndoya - Technological Forecasting and Social …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
This paper investigates the impact of financial innovations (mobile money) on financial
inclusion. Using both parametric and nonparametric methods on panel data from 50 African …

Mobile money and risk sharing against village shocks

E Riley - Journal of Development Economics, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Households in develo** countries have gained increased access to remittances through
the recent introduction of mobile money services. I examine the impact of these mobile …

Can digital technologies reshape rural microfinance? Implications for savings, credit, & insurance

E Benami, MR Carter - Applied Economic Perspectives and …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Rural microfinance must contend with the triple challenges of isolation, small‐scale
transactions, and risk. These challenges result in information asymmetries and transaction …