Exploring how mobile money adoption affects nutrition and household food security

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

doi:10.1002/jid.3920

Exploring how mobile money adoption affects nutrition and household food security

Joseph B. Ajefu^*, Efobi Uchenna, Lydia Adeoye, Israel Davidson, Matthew Onalo Agbawn

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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 paper. 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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2414-2429
Number of pages	16
Journal	Journal of International Development
Volume	36
Issue number	5
Early online date	4 Jun 2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/jid.3920
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2024

UN SDGs

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SDG 2 Zero Hunger
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities

Keywords

nutrition
food security
mobile money
Tanzania

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