Arbeitspapier
Mobile Phone Penetration, Mobile Banking and Inclusive Development in Africa
The study assesses the role of mobile phones and mobile banking in decreasing inequality in 52 African countries. The empirical procedure involves first, examining the income-redistributive effect of mobile phone penetration and then investigating the contribution of mobile banking services in this relationship. The findings suggest an equalizing income-redistributive effect of ‘mobile phone penetration’ and ‘mobile banking’, with a higher income-equalizing effect from mobile banking compared to mobile phone penetration. Poverty alleviation channels explaining this difference in inequality mitigating propensity are discussed.
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: AGDI Working Paper ; No. WP/16/021
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics: General
Financial Institutions and Services: General
Telecommunications
Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
- Subject
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Banking
Mobile Phones
Shadow Economy
Financial Development
Africa
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Asongu, Simplice
Nwachukwu, Jacinta C.
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
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African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI)
- (where)
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Yaoundé
- (when)
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2016
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Asongu, Simplice
- Nwachukwu, Jacinta C.
- African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI)
Time of origin
- 2016
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