Documents & Reports
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Mobile Money Product Adoption Life Cycle : Overview (English)
There are many reasons why so many mobile money launches have not met the high expectations set by senior management. Often, the main success metric is attaining a certain number of registered users within...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 193140 Document Date: August 20, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank
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IFC Mobile Money Toolkit (English)
Mobile money, the use of mobile phones to provide financial services through virtual “wallets” to unbanked populations, is relatively new. The earliest innovators in South Africa and the Philippines entered...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 192864 Document Date: August 5, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Janine Firpo
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Heuristics on Call : The Impact of Mobile-Phone-Based Business-Management Advice (English)
There is growing evidence that business training for micro-entrepreneurs can be effective. However, in-person training can be expensive and imposes costs on the target beneficiaries. This paper presents...
Document Type: Journal Article Report No.: 192820 Document Date: February 22, 2024 Disclosure Status: Disclosed
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For Women, By Women, With Women : Bridging the Gender Digital Divide (English)
Across Africa, rising mobile phone penetration, improving broadband Internet, and growing use of mobile money are creating new opportunities for governments, businesses, and individuals. While Africa’s...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 177634 Document Date: November 9, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Mboob,Ida S,Osam,Ebo Kobena Atombo,Robinson,Danielle Simone
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Mali - Beneficiary Experiences with Mobile Cash Transfers : Insights from Survey and Qualitative Data - G2Px-BMGF (English)
The Jigisemejiri program, a national social safety net program in Mali, provides cash transfers to the poorest households. In 2021: mostly cash payments, but pilot of mobile money in one region of the...
Document Type: Report Report No.: 177359 Document Date: October 11, 2022 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank
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IFC Mobile Money Scoping Country Report : Zambia (English)
This report focuses on mobile money scope in Zambia as of 2016.
Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 193349 Document Date: December 31, 2016 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Biallas, Margarete
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IFC Advisory Services - Access to Finance : Mobile Money Toolkit © (English)
Mobile money, the use of mobile phones to provide financial services through virtual “wallets” to unbanked populations, is relatively new. The earliest innovators in South Africa and the Philippines entered...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 192576 Document Date: December 31, 2013 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Firpo, Janine
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Announcement of IFC Signs US Thirty-Eight Million Dollars Deal for Jordan’s Telecom Sector on October 30, 1995 (English)
This press release announces the International Finance Corporation (IFC) signed financing agreements for US 38 million dollars with Jordan Mobile Telephone Services Company Limited (JMTS). JMTS will develop...
Document Type: Announcement Report No.: 196816 Document Date: October 30, 1995 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank
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Announcement of IFC to Make New Investment in Hungary’s Telecommunications Sector on June 5, 1995 (English)
This press release announces the International Finance Corporation (IFC) signed financing agreements for US 39 million dollars with Westel 900 GSM Mobile Telecommunications Company Limited (Westel 900)...
Document Type: Announcement Report No.: 197020 Document Date: June 5, 1995 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank
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Announcement of India Receives One Hundred Twenty Million Dollars for Telecommunications Project on June 12, 1978 (English)
This news release, dated June 12, 1978, announces some 60 million people in small towns and villages will have local access to telephone facilities for the first time under the current Indian five-year...
Document Type: Announcement Report No.: 174940 Document Date: June 11, 1978 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: World Bank