This Campbell systematic review examines the effectiveness, efficiency and implementation
of cash transfers in humanitarian settings. The review summarises evidence from five …

This article proposes a conceptual framework for studying remittances as social transactions
that can take a number of different forms. For the past three decades, the dominant …

In the aftermath of an armed conflict in Africa, the international community both produces
and demands from local partners a variety of blueprints for reconstructing state and society …

This paper argues that, far from collaborating with informal economic systems and actors,
frugal innovation tends to treat informal economies as a pool of workers and organizational …

Despite Africa's leadership in mobile money innovation and an increasing level of Fintech
entrepreneurial activity, Africa's Fintech ecosystem trajectory is under-represented in the …

Dunn 2007; Bayart et al. 1999; Duffield 2001; Kaldor 1999; Reno 1995, 1998; Andersen et
al. 2007; Chabal and Daloz 1999). Although many of the chapters in this volume discuss …

Since their emergence, blockchain technologies have shown potential for financial inclusion
and the formalization of remittances. Recently, regulators and practitioners have studied the …

This paper moves beyond commonly invoked macro-political explanations of the causes of
mobility in the shadows of conflict, seeking ways of developing a micro-sociological analysis …

This article explores shifting perspectives on African clandestine economies. Previously
condemned as products of clientelism and corruption, clandestine economies are attracting …

Remittances are increasingly central to development discourses in Africa. The development
sector seeks to leverage transnational migration and rapid innovations in financial …