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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

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19F19013
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section外国
Review Section Basic Section 06020:International relations-related
Research InstitutionHosei University

Principal Investigator

浅見 靖仁  法政大学, 法学部, 教授 (60251500)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) KITHINJI KINYUA  法政大学, 法学部, 外国人特別研究員
Project Period (FY) 2019-04-25 – 2021-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2020)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000)
KeywordsM-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
Outline of Research at the Start

本研究は、ケニアの公的機関や援助団体が携帯電話を使った送金サービスを利用して行っている貧困層向け現金給付プログラムの実態と現地社会に与えている影響について実証的なフィールド調査を行い、こうした新しい技術の導入が途上国の地方行政に与える影響について学術的な考察を行うとともに、アフリカの貧困層を対象とした日本の援助プログラムの効率向上のための政策提言も行うことを目的とする。
携帯電話を使った送金サービスを利用した貧困層向け現金給付プログラムが特に大きな効果をあげるのはどのような場合であり、あまり大きな効果は期待できないのはどのような場合なのかについても考察する。

Outline of Annual Research Achievements

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.

Research Progress Status

令和2年度が最終年度であるため、記入しない。

Strategy for Future Research Activity

令和2年度が最終年度であるため、記入しない。

Report

(2 results)
  • 2020 Annual Research Report
  • 2019 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (6 results)

All 2021 2020 2019

All Journal Article (3 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 2 results,  Open Access: 2 results) Presentation (3 results)

  • [Journal Article] Digital Spaces and Democratisation in Rural Kenya: Participation, Mobilisation, and Claiming Resources2021

    • Author(s)
      Kinyua Laban Kithinji
    • Journal Title

      ASC-TUFS Working Papers

      Volume: 1 Pages: 45-64

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Revitalising the promise of Harambee: Analysis of contemporary resource mobilising schemes in rural Kenya2020

    • Author(s)
      Kinyua Laban Kithinji
    • Journal Title

      ASC-TUFS Working Papers

      Volume: 0 Pages: 55-73

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] JSAS’s 2nd Annual Conference: Enhancing Japan-Africa Connectivity2019

    • Author(s)
      KINYUA, Laban Kithinji
    • Journal Title

      JSAS Newsletter No.2

      Volume: 2 Pages: 1-2

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Presentation] Digital Spaces and Democratisation in Rural Kenya: Participation, Mobilisation, and Claiming Resources2021

    • Author(s)
      Kinyua Laban Kithinji
    • Organizer
      Japan Society for Afrasian Studies
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Uses of Research by Researchers of African Descent in Japan2020

    • Author(s)
      Kinyua Laban Kithinji
    • Organizer
      the 57th Japan Association of African Studies Conference
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] The Political Economy of Mobile Money Exchange in Africa2019

    • Author(s)
      KINYUA, Laban Kithinji
    • Organizer
      日本アフリカ学会
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report

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Published: 2019-05-29   Modified: 2024-03-26  

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