Mobile money, smallholder farmers, and household welfare in Kenya

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Kikulwe, Enoch M ^a   Fischer, Elisabeth ^a   Qaim, Matin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COST CONTROL; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; KENYA; MALE; MARKET; MOBILE MONEY TECHNOLOGY; MOBILE PHONE; POVERTY; PROFIT; RISK REDUCTION; RURAL AREA; SMALLHOLDER FARMER; SOCIAL WELFARE; ECONOMICS; FAMILY SIZE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; MUSA; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; FRIEND; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; MONEY; RELATIVE; STATISTICAL MODEL; WELFARE;

CELL PHONES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FARMERS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; INCOME; KENYA; MALE; MUSA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84953343149     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0109804     Document Type: Article

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