TY - CHAP
T1 - The impact of mfinance initiatives in the global south: A review of the literature
AU - Chib, Arul
AU - León, Laura
AU - Rahim, Fouziah
PY - 2015/1/1
Y1 - 2015/1/1
N2 - © 2015 Springer Singapore. All rights reserved. After more than two decades of research on technological interventions in the transition to information societies, the burgeoning of mobile phones in developing countries has shifted the information and communication technologies for development (ICT4D) research lens to the different domains of mDevelopment. While advances have been made in domains of mHealth, mGovernment, mBusiness and mEducation, mFinance initiatives have had impressive adoption upon implementation in certain geographic locations. Services such as M-Pesa have been widely reported in the mainstream press and form the test beds for various scholarly investigations.
AB - © 2015 Springer Singapore. All rights reserved. After more than two decades of research on technological interventions in the transition to information societies, the burgeoning of mobile phones in developing countries has shifted the information and communication technologies for development (ICT4D) research lens to the different domains of mDevelopment. While advances have been made in domains of mHealth, mGovernment, mBusiness and mEducation, mFinance initiatives have had impressive adoption upon implementation in certain geographic locations. Services such as M-Pesa have been widely reported in the mainstream press and form the test beds for various scholarly investigations.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-981-287-381-1_6
DO - 10.1007/978-981-287-381-1_6
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9789812873811
SN - 9789812873804
BT - Impact of Information Society Research in the Global South
ER -