The impact of mfinance initiatives in the global south: A review of the literature

Arul Chib; Laura León; Fouziah Rahim

doi:10.1007/978-981-287-381-1_6

The impact of mfinance initiatives in the global south: A review of the literature

Arul Chib, Laura León, Fouziah Rahim

Faculty of Communication

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Abstract

© 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.

Original language	American English
Title of host publication	Impact of Information Society Research in the Global South
Number of pages	19
ISBN (Electronic)	9789812873811, 9789812873804
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-381-1_6
State	Published - 1 Jan 2015

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