Pilot of a mobile money school fee payment system in rural Benin

Claire L Adida, Adam Chabi Bouko, Alex Verink, Ganz Chockalingam and Jennifer Burney

PLOS ONE, 2018, vol. 13, issue 6, 1-14

Abstract: We present a rationale for, and results from, the pilot of a direct individual-to-institution remittance system in the context of school fee payment in rural Benin. Data confirm that school fees act as an impediment to educational attainment, and in very rural poor settings such as northern Benin, students often depend on extended family and kinship networks to pay fees. But existing remittance options are costly, in terms of fees, time, and risk. We pilot a new technology bundle in a single public high school in northeastern Benin, and evaluate its effectiveness. Here we describe the technical and institutional implementation of the project, as well as our findings from the first year of operation. We discuss takeaways and implications for scale-up.

Date: 2018
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