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Communication Technology, Capabilities and Livelihoods: The Role of Mobile Money in Facilitating Financial Inclusion and Development in Rural Kenya
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| 자료유형 | E-Book |
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| 개인저자 | Tuwei, David Kiplagat. |
| 단체저자명 | The University of Iowa. Mass Communications. |
| 서명/저자사항 | Communication Technology, Capabilities and Livelihoods: The Role of Mobile Money in Facilitating Financial Inclusion and Development in Rural Kenya. |
| 발행사항 | [S.l.] : The University of Iowa., 2018 |
| 발행사항 | Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2018 |
| 형태사항 | 195 p. |
| 소장본 주기 | School code: 0096. |
| ISBN | 9780438153073 |
| 일반주기 |
Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-12(E), Section: A.
Adviser: Melissa Tully. |
| 요약 | In urban and rural Kenya, mobile money, the use of the mobile telephone for banking has become a part of everyday life. People use mobile money to accomplish a variety of functions such as transfer money, save, and pay bills, among other uses. A |
| 요약 | The findings from this research are based on a three-month period of fieldwork on M-Pesa use and facilitation in Chepkoilel, a rural community in western Kenya. Three questions guided this research: how has M-Pesa fit into people's existing fina |
| 요약 | In this research, I found that M-Pesa users and M-Pesa agents utilized M-Pesa for their individual development. Notably, the M-Pesa agency business model had provided new opportunities for entrepreneurship to rural dwellers. Equally important, t |
| 요약 | This study has also examined the intermediary work of M-Pesa agents in the mobile money ecosystem. As nodes linking Safaricom and its customers, M-Pesa agents were important actors in the system of exchange and value. Their domestication practic |
| 요약 | I conclude that though M-Pesa was important for people's development, the low-income population faced digital divide challenges in their attempts to utilize M-Pesa for their development. For instance, the relative high cost of services led to no |
| 일반주제명 | Communication. Journalism. |
| 언어 | 영어 |
| 기본자료 저록 | Dissertation Abstracts International79-12A(E). Dissertation Abstract International |
| 대출바로가기 | http://www.riss.kr/pdu/ddodLink.do?id=T14997222 |
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