Financial innovations and financial inclusion : The case of mobile money transfer among the urban poor in Kenya

ISBN-13: 9783659764578 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 84 str.

Jacob Nato

Opis

The main objective of this book was to examine the factors determining access to financial services for the urban poor of Kibera slums, with an intentional bias towards mobile money transfer services. Being a Binary Response Variable, the Binary Logit Model has been run for Access to Financial services against the determinants which include: age, gender, and ownership of a mobile phone, employment Status, level of financial innovations and perception about importance of finance.

O autorze

Jacob Nato obtained his Master of Arts in Economic Policy at the University of Nairobi. His interests are generally in: Econometrics and Statistics, Public Sector Economics, Corporate Finance and Investments, Macroeconomics, Research Work, and Economic Policy Formulation, Advice and Analysis.