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Transferability / replicability2/3
The underlying mobile-money model has been commercially replicated by the same operator group in several other countries, though the rigorous gender-differentiated poverty findings summarized here were only established for Kenya.
Impact on gender equality1/1
Suri & Jack (Science, 2016) estimate M-Pesa access lifted 194,000 Kenyan households (2% of all households) out of poverty between 2008-2014, with the effect on female-headed households more than double the population average.
Effectiveness1/1
The same study found female-headed households saw an 18.5% larger consumption gain, a 9.2-percentage-point (22%) reduction in extreme poverty, and that access induced roughly 185,000 women to shift from farming into business or retail.
Efficiency0/1
No independent cost-effectiveness analysis of the gender-differentiated impact (e.g., cost per household moved out of poverty) was located.
Evaluated outcomes1/1
Findings come from a rigorously designed household panel study (2008-2014, roughly 3,000 households at baseline) published in a peer-reviewed journal (Science).
Sustainability1/1
M-Pesa has operated continuously since 2007 and reached at least one user in 96% of Kenyan households by the mid-2010s, per the same study.
Achievement / evidence1/1
The Science study documents concrete, quantified poverty-reduction and occupational-shift outcomes rather than anecdotal claims.
Gender-mainstreaming embedding0/1
M-Pesa was designed as a gender-neutral financial product; its differential benefit to women was found empirically after the fact rather than built in by deliberate gender-focused design.
Curator validation1/1
Cross-checked the primary Science paper against MIT News and Georgetown University summaries, and weighed independent critiques (Boston Review, developingeconomics.org) of follow-on debt products and study methodology.
Evidoria. M-Pesa no Quénia — Impacto Diferenciado por Género na Pobreza e na Ocupação. Persistent ID: 88f7a200-da72-4030-9556-d0b942259fa9.