Mobile Money Ecosystem Survey in South Sudan - Exploring the Current and Future Potential of Using Mobile Money for Effective Humanitarian and Development Cash Programming : Executive Summary (Anglais)

South Sudan’s recent conflict and ongoing insecurity have eroded the country’s development potential, increased vulnerability, and exacerbated the need for humanitarian assistance. While a revitalized peace agreement was signed in September 2018, the ...  Voir la suite South Sudan’s recent conflict and ongoing insecurity have eroded the country’s development potential, increased vulnerability, and exacerbated the need for humanitarian assistance. While a revitalized peace agreement was signed in September 2018, the long-term prospects for a peaceful resolution to the ongoing conflict are tenuous. In this setting, cash assistance could provide a flexible and cost-efficient means of providing effective and dignified assistance to poor and vulnerable households. However, scale up of cash assistance comes with a host of operational risks in fragility, conflict and violence (FCV) affected contexts. Mobile money could offer a promising means of mitigating risks of cash assistance and improving the delivery of cash assistance in South Sudan, while increasing financial inclusion. This report presents findings from the supply-side and demand-side research undertaken. The purpose of this report is to provide a snapshot of the current mobile money ecosystem in South Sudan, and to shed light on the demand for mobile money, as well as on the benefits, barriers, and risks associated with future adoption. It therefore focuses on the potential of using mobile money as a transfer mechanism for cash assistance in South Sudan’s current political, economic, and regulatory environment.  Réduire