Mobile Telephony, Financial Inclusion and Inclusive Growth

皇冠体育app paper investigate welfare implications of mobile telephony using a large sample of households in Ghana

From:
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Published
17 May 2018
Country:
Ghana
Document Type:
Journal Article
皇冠体育appme:
Economic Growth
First published:
2 January 2018
Authors:
Abor, J.Y., Amidu, M and Issahaku, H

Abstract

皇冠体育app paper employs the multipurpose nature of mobile telephony to investigate its welfare implications using a large sample of households in Ghana. We use seemingly unrelated probit and instrumental variable procedure to test for 2 related issues:

First, we investigate whether mobile telephony promotes pro-poor development by helping households to efficiently allocate consumption and navigate out of poverty. Second, we analyze whether access to a broad array of financial services enhances the capacity of households to live worthwhile lives.

This is an output from the 鈥楧elivering Inclusive Financial Development and Growth鈥� project

Citation

Joshua Yindenaba Abor, Mohammed Amidu & Haruna Issahaku聽(2018)聽Mobile Telephony, Financial Inclusion and Inclusive Growth,聽Journal of African Business,DOI:聽10.1080/15228916.2017.1419332

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