The comparative exploration of mobile money services in inclusive development
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to respond to some challenges in the transition to sustainable development goals by examining the correlations between mobile and inclusive development (quality of growth, poverty and inequality) in 93 developing countries for the year 2011.
Design/methodology/approach
Mobile money service entails: “mobile used to pay bills” and “mobile used to receive/send money.” Interactive ordinary least squares are employed.
Findings
The following findings are established. First, increasing use of the mobile phones to pay bills is positively linked to “quality of growth” in lower-middle-income countries and negatively correlated with inequality in Latin American countries. Second, growing use of mobile phones to send/receive money is negatively associated with poverty in Asia and Pacific and Central and Eastern Europe.
Originality/value
Macroeconomic data on mobile money service are scarce. No study to the best of our knowledge has used this macroeconomic mobile money service data before.
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Acknowledgements
The authors are indebted to the editor and reviewers for constructive comments.
Citation
Asongu, S. and Asongu, N. (2018), "The comparative exploration of mobile money services in inclusive development", International Journal of Social Economics, Vol. 45 No. 1, pp. 124-139. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSE-08-2016-0221
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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