Mobile Phones and Financial Services in Developing Countries: a review of concepts, methods, issues, evidence and future research directions.
Research concerning mobile phones and financial services in developing countries has undergone rapid growth in recent years. This paper seeks to improve understanding of the current state of knowledge by reviewing the content of 43 research articles. A framework is developed that differentiates rese...
| Publicado en: | Third World Quarterly Vol. 30; no. 7; pp. 1237 - 1259 |
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Oct2009
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