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I don't think this has been a significant problem for Give Directly, which sends money to people directly via the M-PESA cell phone network, in reasonably small
by cjbprime 13y ago
I don't think this has been a significant problem for Give Directly, which sends money to people directly via the M-PESA cell phone network, in reasonably small amounts at a time, and with unpredictable timing. There's no easy access point for a corrupt official to swoop in and become involved.
- twotwotwo 13y agoRight. That's important to make this program work, and it's an unusual set of circumstances. Not many places have both extremely poor people and a high-quality mobile payment network! Bad stuff can still happen: people could potentially be swindled or harassed out of their cash once they get it. But at least getting it there is a huge step. Also, perhaps one thing you can take from this is that a full-featured mobile payment network needn't be thought of just as conveniences for the first world. It also makes stuff like this possible.
- makomk 13y agoActually, pretty much only places that have lots of extremely poor people have high-quality mobile payment networks, because they're the only places where there's a market.