The of role economic growth in modulating mobile connectivity dynamics for financial inclusion in developing countries

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This study establishes economic growth needed for supply-side mobile money drivers in developing countries to be positively related to mobile money innovations in the perspectives of mobile money accounts, the mobile phone used to send money, and the mobile phone used to receive money. The empirical evidence is based on Tobit regressions. For the negative net relationships that are computed, minimum economic growth thresholds are established above which the net negative relationships become net positive relationships. The following minimum economic growth rates are required for nexuses between supply-side mobile money drivers and mobile money innovations to be positive: (i) 6.109% (6.193%) of GDP growth for mobile connectivity performance to be positively associated with the mobile phone used to send (receive) money and (ii) 4.590 % (4.259%) of GDP growth for mobile connectivity coverage to be positively associated with the mobile phone used to send (receive) money.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: AGDI Working Paper ; No. WP/22/013

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Household Behavior: General ; Household Saving; Personal Finance ; Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions ; Welfare Economics: General ; Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights: General
• Subject: Mobile money ; technology diffusion ; financial inclusion ; inclusive innovation

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Asongu, Simplice ; Odhiambo, Nicholas M.
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI)
• (where): Yaoundé
• (when): 2022

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/262069
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET