Does Mobile Money Improve Livelihoods for Households in Poor and Remote Areas?

Bruhn, Miriam; Wieser, Christina

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Does Mobile Money Improve Livelihoods for Households in Poor and Remote Areas?

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2019-10

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Wieser, Christina

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The latest impact evaluation note looks at whether mobile money benefits households in poor and remote areas of Northern Uganda and finds large increases in non-farm self-employment and food security.

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“Bruhn, Miriam; Wieser, Christina. 2019. Does Mobile Money Improve Livelihoods for Households in Poor and Remote Areas?. Finance and PSD Impact;No. 55. World Bank, Washington, DC. © World Bank. https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/32605 License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.”

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