ABSTRACT The authors examine the use of mobile money in the context of cross-border remittances in West Africa. Relying on mixed methods and a multi-sited empirical strategy they look at both the sending and receiving conditions of mobile money transfers. By looking at money as socially embedded and the role of migrants in the production of a transnational space, their results highlight that uptake and usage of mobile money for remittances are shaped by a transnational living pattern. At the same time, mobile money also contributes to strengthening and reshaping this pattern. By showing that conversion of virtual money to cash may be performed by brokers that live far away from the end recipient, the paper highlights an important gap between spatial distribution of mobile money infrastructure and the social mediation that supports e-money flows. Cash-based transactions, in turn, are shown to play a key role in the social mediation dynamic.

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这里和那里？移动货币与西非跨国生活方式的政治

摘要作者研究了在西非跨境汇款的背景下使用移动货币的情况。依靠混合方法和多场所经验策略，他们着眼于移动汇款的发送和接收条件。通过将货币视为具有社会地位的货币以及移民在跨国空间生产中的作用，他们的研究结果表明，跨国汇款方式决定了移动货币对汇款的吸收和使用。同时，移动货币也有助于加强和重塑这种模式。通过显示虚拟货币向现金的转换可以由远离最终接收者居住的经纪人执行，该论文强调了移动货币基础设施的空间分布与支持电子货币流的社会中介之间的重要差距。