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Exploring how mobile money adoption affects nutrition and household food security

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  • Joseph B. Ajefu
  • Efobi Uchenna
  • Lydia Adeoye
  • Israel Davidson
  • Matthew Onalo Agbawn

Abstract

This paper explores how using mobile money services affects food security and nutritional status of households in Tanzania. This study uses data obtained from three waves of the Tanzanian National Panel Surveys and the instrumental variable (IV) approach. The evidence from this paper shows that using mobile money services resulted in household's enhanced nutritional and food security status. Households' receipt of remittances is the main pathway in which using mobile money services influences the food security and nutritional outcomes among households in Tanzania.

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  • Joseph B. Ajefu & Efobi Uchenna & Lydia Adeoye & Israel Davidson & Matthew Onalo Agbawn, 2024. "Exploring how mobile money adoption affects nutrition and household food security," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 36(5), pages 2414-2429, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:jintdv:v:36:y:2024:i:5:p:2414-2429
    DOI: 10.1002/jid.3920
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