Transaction Networks: Evidence from Mobile Money in Kenya

By W. Jack, Adam Ray, Tavneet Suri. 2013

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Mobile money allows households in Kenya to spread risk more efficiently. In this paper we show that these efficiencies are achieved through deeper financial integration and expanded informal networks. Active networks are more geographically dispersed and support more reciprocal financial arrangements. Consistent with the reported reciprocity, mobile money users report a higher share of transactions as being for credit and insurance purposes.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Safety Research, Soil Science

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1. Haruna Sekabira
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1. Haruna Sekabira
2. M. Qaim

Citations in the corpus

• Mobile Money, Agricultural Marketing, and Off-Farm Income in Uganda (2017, background): “Remittances are often a more reliable source of income than self-employed activities for the rural poor, thus also providing some kind of insurance (Jack et al., 2013).”