Congratulations to Catia Batista and Pedro C. Vicente, scientific directors of NOVAFRICA at Nova School of Business and Economics, for their article “Adopting Mobile Money: Evidence from an Experiment in Rural Africa” published in the American Economic Association P&P. Digital payments are even more important in COVID-19 times. This paper describes mobile money adoption patterns following the experimental introduction of mobile money for the first time in rural areas of Southern Mozambique and finds that positive self-selection of adopters should be considered when introducing mobile money as a tool for rapid financial inclusion.
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