Promoting Migrant Remittances using Mobile Banking: Evidence from a Field Experiment: Policy Brief No. 13

This project focuses on assessing the impact of the mobile banking technology on the level of urban-rural transfers within households

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Published: 23 May 2017

• Country: Mozambique
• Document Type: Briefing
• Theme: Economic Growth
• Authors: Batista, C, Vicente, P

Abstract

The recent introduction of mobile banking services in rural areas of Mozambique created the opportunity to undertake a randomized impact evaluation of the introduction of this technology in rural and traditionally unbanked areas. Aware of the importance of urban-rural remittances to previous successful cases in similar contexts (namely M-PESA in Kenya), this project focuses on assessing the impact of the mobile banking technology on the level of urban-rural transfers within households and consequent household economic behaviour.

This research is part of the Gender, Growth and Labour Markets in Low-Income Countries programme

Citation

Batista, C. & Vicente, P. (2017). Promoting Migrant Remittances using Mobile Banking: Evidence from a Field Experiment. GLMLIC Policy Brief No. 13. Available at: https://g2lm-lic.iza.org/publications/pb/pb13/

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Promoting Migrant Remittances using Mobile Banking: Evidence from a Field Experiment

Published 23 May 2017