The Ghana E-Levy: Impact on the Usage of Mobile Money
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posted on 2024-07-09, 11:51 authored by Marco CarrerasMarco Carreras, Awa DioufAwa Diouf, Hannelore NiestenGhana introduced an electronic transaction levy (E-Levy) on digital financial transactions in May 2022, following many other countries in Africa. Our paper looks at the impact of the E-Levy on mobile money usage and user perceptions. We use data from the Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications (GCT) on usage of several mobile money services (sending, receiving, payments, and withdrawals), and nationally representative survey data collected by the ICTD on individuals and businesses.
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Carreras, M.; Diouf, A. and Niesten, H. (2024) The Ghana E-Levy: Impact on the Usage of Mobile Money, ICTD Research in Brief 123, Brighton: Institute of Development Studies, DOI: 10.19088/ICTD.2024.060Series
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