Impact of Mobile Money Transfer Services in Kenyan Agriculture

Zusatztext

The mobile money transfer provides millions of Kenyans an easy and efficient mobile money service. Its stunning growth rate and widespread adoption is beyond impressive. So, what determines the adoption of this service among the un-banked rural communities? What are the welfare gains of this service in rural areas? We attempt to answer these questions in this piece. We also discuss the implications of the findings for policy and practice.

Autorenportrait

Oliver Kirui is a Doctoral Student at the Center for Development Research (ZEF) in University of Bonn, Germany. He earned his BSc. and MSc. in Agricultural and Applied Economics from University of Nairobi. Oliver has in the past worked as a Research Associate at CIMMYT and Research Assistant at ReSAKSS and at eARN Africa.

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