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Mobile money, family assistance and welfare in Cameroon

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  • Atangana Ondoa, Henri
  • Ambombo Bella, Genevieve Lareine
  • Mbenga Bindop, Kunz Modeste

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This paper aims to investigate the effect of mobile money services on the welfare in Cameroon. It specifically verifies whether the welfare of people benefiting from family assistance is improved via the mobile money services offered by the two main operators in the country, namely: Orange and Mtn. The data used come from the « FinScope Consommateur Cameroun » Survey carried out in 2017 by the National Institute of Statistics (INS). Based on the propensity scores estimations, this study shows a positive and significant effect of mobile money on welfare. However, among the operators, Orange has a better impact compared to Mtn which does not present a significant effect. These results call on the authorities in charge of the development and implementation of financial inclusion policies to recognize the interest of digital financial services at the heart of financial inclusion strategies for the welfare of the poor.

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  • Atangana Ondoa, Henri & Ambombo Bella, Genevieve Lareine & Mbenga Bindop, Kunz Modeste, 2023. "Mobile money, family assistance and welfare in Cameroon," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 47(1).
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    DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2022.102457
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