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North Korean phone money : airtime transfers as a precursor to mobile payment system / by Yonho Kim.
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- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Kim, Yonho, author.
- Series:
- Special report (United States Institute of Peace) ; 481.
- Special report / United States Institute of Peace ; no. 481
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cell phones--Economic aspects--Korea (North).
- Cell phones.
- Mobile commerce--Korea (North).
- Mobile commerce.
- Digital currency--Korea (North).
- Digital currency.
- Electronic funds transfers.
- Barter--Korea (North).
- Barter.
- Korea (North).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (19 pages) : color illustrations, color photographs.
- Other Title:
- Airtime transfers as a precursor to mobile payment system
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : United States Institute of Peace, 2020.
- System Details:
- text file PDF
- Summary:
- More than one in five North Koreans have cell phones, and increasingly rely on them to conduct financial transactions. Many of these transactions involve trading cell phone airtime, or "phone money," for goods and services, and even for offering bribes. This report examines the potential for airtime trading to evolve into a formal mobile money system, which could enhance market activity and stability while providing opportunities for the country to engage with the international community.
- Notes:
- "September 2020."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 16-18).
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF caption (USIP, viewed January 9, 2021).
- ISBN:
- 9781601278272
- 1601278276
- OCLC:
- 1229936442
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