This research project plans to investigate whether and how the rapid expansion of mobile financial services (mobile money, mobile credit, mobile savings) influences domestic resource mobilisation in emerging markets and developing countries (EMDCs).

Researchers

Alphonse Noah

Alphonse Noah is an Associate Professor in Economics at the Faculty of Law and Economics at the University of Limoges (France), and a member of the Laboratoire d’Analyse et de Prospective Economiques (LAPE) research centre. His research interests include development financing issues, digital finance, fiscal policy, informality, and climate change.

Tania M. Azoa Balengla

Tania M. Azoa Balengla is a PhD Student at the University of Yaoundé II (Cameroon). She is also a researcher at the Center for Studies and Research in Economics and Management (CEREG) and a member of the ECA Young Economist Network (ECA-YEN). She holds a master’s degree in Ingeniérie Économique et Financière from the University of Yaoundé II and another master’s degree in Monnaie Banque, Finance et Assurance in partnership with the University of Rennes (France).

Joseph Keneck Massil

Joseph Keneck Massil is currently an Associate Professor in Economics and Head of the Department of Public Economics at the University of Yaoundé II (Cameroon). He is also a research associate at the UMI Source research centre (University of Versailles, France). He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Paris Nanterre.

Bernard Clery Nomo Belaya

Bernard C. Nomo Belaya is an assistant researcher in Economics at the University of Yaoundé II (Cameroon).