Documenting the Birth of a Financial Economy
The birth and explosive growth of mobile money in Kenya has provided economists with an opportunity to study the evolution and impact of a new financial system. Mobile money is an innovation that allows individuals to store, send, and receive money on their mobile phone via text message. This system...
Main Authors: | Suri, Tavneet, Jack, William, Stoker, Thomas Martin |
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Other Authors: | Sloan School of Management |
Format: | Article |
Language: | en_US |
Published: |
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
2013
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/76717 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0395-7177 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7552-7945 |
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