Mobile money, financial inclusion and development: A review with reference to African experience

AH Ahmad, C Green, F Jiang - Journal of economic surveys, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Survey literature on mobile money and its contribution in promoting financial inclusion and
development, with a focus on sub‐Saharan Africa. We use taxonomic, descriptive and …

What we know and don't know about the socioeconomic impacts of mobile money in Sub‐Saharan Africa: A systematic literature review

W Nan, X Zhu, M Lynne Markus - The Electronic Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Mobile money has been viewed as transformative in developing countries, because it
provides basic financial services via mobile phones to people who lack easy access to …

Mobile money adoption and response to idiosyncratic shocks: Empirics from five selected countries in sub-Saharan Africa

I Koomson, C Bukari, RA Villano - Technological Forecasting and Social …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract In sub-Saharan Africa, financial inclusion remains low, with households being more
vulnerable to idiosyncratic shocks. Mobile money has been identified as having the potential …

Threshold nonlinear relationship between renewable energy consumption and agriculture productivity: the role of foreign direct investment and financial inclusion

Y Wang, M Ahmed, SA Raza, M Ahmed - Environmental Science and …, 2023 - Springer
Global warming is a life-threatening risk to mankind and its survival; to combat this risk, the
considerable contribution of renewable energy cannot be overlooked for sustainable growth …

The effect of digital finance on Residents' happiness: the case of mobile payments in China

C Zhao, X Li, J Yan - Electronic Commerce Research, 2024 - Springer
With the popularization of digital finance in China, mobile payments have penetrated into all
aspects of residents' daily life. However, few studies have examined the potential impact of …

Does mobile money contribute to reducing multidimensional poverty?

DM Djahini-Afawoubo, MK Couchoro… - … Forecasting and Social …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper aims to analyse the effect of mobile money on multidimensional poverty
reduction. To that end, the Alkire and Foster (2011) approach was used to compute the …

[HTML][HTML] Mobile money, child labour and school enrolment

JB Ajefu, F Massacky - Telecommunications Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper analyses the impact of household adoption of mobile money services on child
labour and schooling in Tanzania. The paper uses data drawn from the Tanzania National …

On the role of gender and age in the use of digital financial services in Zimbabwe

R Chamboko - International Journal of Financial Studies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Women and youth in developing countries remain unserved or underserved by formal
financial services. The rise of digital financial services (DFS), including mobile money …

The impact of mobile banking services on saving behavior in West Africa

S Loaba - Global Finance Journal, 2022 - Elsevier
This study analyzes the impact of the use of mobile banking services on saving behavior in
West Africa. Using the Global Findex Database, 2017 and jointly estimating a multinomial …

Improving productivity among smallholder farmers in Ghana: does financial inclusion matter?

JA Peprah, I Koomson, J Sebu… - Agricultural Finance …, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose Does financial inclusion matter for productivity among smallholder farmers? The
authors answer this question by using the sixth and seventh rounds of the Ghana Living …