Where's the Cash? The Geography of Cash Points in Tanzania

FSDT Focus Note, No. 2, 2013

13 Pages Posted: 2 Jul 2011 Last revised: 12 Nov 2014

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Ignacio Mas

Tufts University

Andrew Elliott

CABDyN, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford

Date Written: November 11, 2014

Abstract

The Financial Sector Deepening Trust of Tanzania (FSDT) has conducted two censuses of cash outlets in Tanzania, in 2012 and again in 2014. The availability of places where one can exchange cash for transferable or storable electronic value is an essential component of financial access, and the spread of mobile money in recent years has transformed the ecology of cash in Tanzania. This document contains two briefing notes on the survey results, corresponding to the two censuses that have been conducted to-date.

Keywords: mobile money, access to finance, cash

Suggested Citation

Mas, Ignacio and Elliott, Andrew, Where's the Cash? The Geography of Cash Points in Tanzania (November 11, 2014). FSDT Focus Note, No. 2, 2013, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1875883

Ignacio Mas (Contact Author)

Tufts University ( email )

Medford, MA 02155
United States

Andrew Elliott

CABDyN, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford ( email )

Park End Street
Oxford OX1 1HP
Oxford, OX1 1HP
United Kingdom

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