ケニアにおける携帯電話による送金普及の政治経済学的考察：日本のＯＤＡへの示唆

肯尼亚手机汇款普及的政治经济考量：对日本官方发展援助的影响

• 批准号: 19F19013
• 负责人: 浅見 靖仁
• 金额: $ 1.34万
• 依托单位: Hosei University
• 依托单位国家: 日本
• 项目类别: Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 日本
• 起止时间: 2019-04-25 至 2021-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/en/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-19F19013/
• 关键词: M-Pesa; 携帯電話; Rural Kenya; Mobile Money; Resource Mobilization; Digital Democracy; ICT; ケニア; 開発; ODA; 送金; 現金給付

The primary finding of this research was that mobile phone money exchange technology is helping lift people out of poverty by promoting small and medium enterprises and creating expanded democratic spaces. Testimonials from M-Pesa adopters that were used for this study revealed a radical expansion of sources of income. M-Pesa has fostered homegrown economic growth at the household level, and provided paths for inclusion into formal financial services to the poor, who are without banking services. This mode of empowerment is not merely focused on enabling the poor to accumulate savings to cushion against unexpected expenses, rather an expansion of their entrepreneurial activities through building credibility with the banking institutions to access small scale loans.This study carried out an exposition of a cultural framework of the poor as well, which is necessary for designing policy that would encourage entrepreneurship and an effective administration of funding entrepreneurial activities as measures for poverty mitigation. This research claimed that the old adage of nation building in Kenya called Harambee inhibits a framework that can facilitate distribution at the institutional level as well as at the grassroots.Finally, this study expanded from its original scope to encompass newly emerging trends produced by ICT, namely digital democracy. Through digital platforms, most of which sprout out of M-Pesa success, mobile phones are becoming essential tools for political participation in rural Africa, especially as platforms for contesting and claiming political rights.

这项研究的主要发现是，移动的电话货币兑换技术通过促进中小企业和创造扩大的民主空间，正在帮助人们摆脱贫困。用于本研究的M-Pesa采用者的证词显示，收入来源急剧扩大。M-Pesa促进了家庭一级的本土经济增长，并为没有银行服务的穷人提供了纳入正规金融服务的途径。这一赋权模式不仅侧重于使穷人能够积累储蓄以应对意外开支，而且还侧重于通过与银行机构建立信誉以获得小额贷款来扩大他们的创业活动。这对于制定鼓励创业的政策和有效管理创业活动供资作为减贫措施是必要的。这项研究声称，在肯尼亚国家建设的古老格言称为Harambee抑制了一个框架，可以促进分配在机构层面以及在基层。最后，这项研究从原来的范围扩大到包括新出现的趋势，信息和通信技术，即数字民主。通过数字平台，其中大部分源于M-Pesa的成功，移动的手机正在成为非洲农村政治参与的重要工具，特别是作为争夺和主张政治权利的平台。

项目成果

Revitalising the promise of Harambee: Analysis of contemporary resource mobilising schemes in rural Kenya

重振 Harambee 的承诺：肯尼亚农村地区当代资源调动计划的分析

• 发表时间: 2020
• 期刊: ASC-TUFS Working Papers
• 作者: Bowen;K.S.;Uchida;Y.;Takemura;K.;Nakayama;M.;& Ito;A.;Kinyua Laban Kithinji;Kinyua Laban Kithinji
• 通讯作者: Kinyua Laban Kithinji

Uses of Research by Researchers of African Descent in Japan

日本非洲裔研究人员的研究成果的用途

• 发表时间: 2020
• 作者: KINYUA;Laban Kithinji;Kinyua Laban Kithinji;Kinyua Laban Kithinji
• 通讯作者: Kinyua Laban Kithinji

Digital Spaces and Democratisation in Rural Kenya: Participation, Mobilisation, and Claiming Resources

肯尼亚农村地区的数字空间和民主化：参与、动员和索取资源

• 发表时间: 2021
• 期刊: ASC-TUFS Working Papers
• 作者: Bowen;K.S.;Uchida;Y.;Takemura;K.;Nakayama;M.;& Ito;A.;Kinyua Laban Kithinji
• 通讯作者: Kinyua Laban Kithinji

JSAS’s 2nd Annual Conference: Enhancing Japan-Africa Connectivity

JSAS第二届年会：加强日非互联互通

• 发表时间: 2019
• 期刊: JSAS Newsletter No.2
• 作者: KINYUA;Laban Kithinji
• 通讯作者: Laban Kithinji

The Political Economy of Mobile Money Exchange in Africa

非洲移动货币兑换的政治经济学

• 发表时间: 2019
• 作者: KINYUA;Laban Kithinji
• 通讯作者: Laban Kithinji