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POLICY PAPER

Digital Technology and State Capacity in Kenya
Njuguna Ndung’u
August 06, 2019
Following the launch of M-Pesa in 2007, Kenya has emerged as a global leader in the development of mobile money and in increasing rates of financial inclusion. This paper shows how M-Pesa’s success has led to a series of endogenous innovations that have shaped Kenya’s digital space, plac...
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And the World Leader in Mobile Money Adoption is… (Not Where You Think)
Kyle Navis
May 14, 2019
The story of the m-Pesa’s penetration in the Kenya economy is a well-trodden yet exciting path into what feels like a taste of a cashless future. All that said, Kenya is not the country with the most adults holding mobile money accounts. It’s Bangladesh.
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Primary Education Stipends in Bangladesh: Do Mothers Prefer Digital Payments over Cash?
Alan Gelb et al.
May 14, 2019
Bangladesh, a country of 165 million people bordering India and Myanmar, is undergoing a rapid economic and social transformation. Bangladesh is also witnessing a digital revolution. 
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Mobile Money: An Opportunity for Development and Governance in Rural Papua New Guinea
Mark Moran
November 06, 2018
Papua New Guinea (PNG) is now ranked by the World Bank as a lower-middle-income country, largely due to mining-related income. Yet, stepping into remote villages in the South Fly District of Western Province, along the southern border with Australia, one is viscerally confronted with the lack of nat...