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Investigating the economic dynamics of mobile money in Somalia's climate-stressed setting
Frontiers in ClimateThis study explores the role of mobile money in stimulating economic activities and enhancing economic resilience in Somalia's climate-stressed context.
Mohamed Ibrahim Nor +2 more
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Mobile banking in South Africa: A review and directions for future research
South African Journal of Information Management, 2017 Background: The purpose of this study was to review existing research on mobile banking diffusion and investigate the adoption of mobile banking in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).
Joel M. Chigada, Benedikt Hirschfelder
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Mobile money and financial inclusion
, 2023 El trabajo hace una evaluación de impacto del programa Ingreso Solidario sobre la inclusión financiera de los hogares vulnerables que recibieron ayuda económica durante la pandemia por COVID-19.This research paper evaluates the impact of social ...
Kiuhan Vásquez, Samir Alejandro +1 more
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Assessing the Impact of Promotions on Consumer Purchasing Behavior During Crises
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Understanding how households modify their food expenditure decisions during times of crisis is essential because consumer purchasing behavior frequently changes during these times. This study looks at these behavioral shifts during the COVID‐19 pandemic, concentrating on how price sensitivity and response to sales promotions changed over the ...
Wafa Mehaba, José María Gil
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IMF Working PapersMobile money has become a central digital alternative to traditional banking in developing countries, yet several African governments have introduced taxes on mobile money transactions. We develop a model that characterizes how such taxes affect payment choices and generate excess burden.
Barczay, Michael +3 more
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Impact of Digital Ability and Rice Technology Adoption on Rice Farming Performance in Benin
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines the combined effects of digital ability and the adoption of various rice technologies among smallholder rice farmers, using GPS‐spatially matched data sources that include household surveys and a general census of rice value chain actors in Benin.
Landry Bellarmin Kassa, Takeshi Sakurai
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Economic Analysis, 2016 Hardly anyone would disagree that mobile money is an engine of financial inclusion and has the potential to outreach millions of people, living at the bottom of pyramid and those living in remote areas. The current study was taken up to investigate the
Agrawal Reena
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Financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa: does the mobile money adoption matter?
Scientific AfricanThe role of mobile money in enhancing financial inclusion has garnered attention in developing countries. Sub-Saharan Africa has realized a growing number of adults who own mobile phones and have subsequently registered mobile money accounts.
Emanuel Sulle Joseph +2 more
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Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.An agentic AI‐driven decision‐support framework for prosumers is proposed, integrating PV generation, load profiling, and multihorizon optimization within a four‐agent architecture. The approach significantly reduces grid dependence, enhances self‐sufficiency and prevents system oversizing.
Adela BÂRA, Simona‐Vasilica OPREA
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Lost in aggregation? On the importance of local food price data for food poverty estimates
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract This paper explores within‐country variations in food price dynamics and food poverty estimates by employing local market price data and national consumer price index (CPI) data. Our results show that national CPI data may be useful for approximating national trends but they fail to detect and identify spatial variations in local trends, which
Stephan Dietrich +4 more
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