Mobile Money and Healthcare Use: Evidence from East Africa
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- I13 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Insurance, Public and Private
- I15 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Economic Development
- O55 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Africa
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HEA-2019-03-25 (Health Economics)
- NEP-MFD-2019-03-25 (Microfinance)
- NEP-PAY-2019-03-25 (Payment Systems and Financial Technology)
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