Mobile Remittances: Design for Financial Inclusion

This paper investigates the design requirements for international mobile remittances in the context of users' money management and control in the household and the family. Through scenarios that draw on remittance literature, the paper suggests five design principles for mobile remittances that could be a US$ 41 billion market while empowering women, varying patterns of money management and control in transnational families and aiding financial inclusion.

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