
pmid: 35858971
pmc: PMC9298170
AbstractWe describe a dataset of account information and detailed transaction records for a digital complementary currency in Kenya. This “Sarafu system” initially encompassed several local, physical community currencies, which began transitioning to a feature-phone mobile interface in 2017. One unit of “Sarafu” is roughly equivalent in value to a Kenyan shilling. The published data includes anonymized account information for around 55,000 users and records of all Sarafu transactions conducted from January 25, 2020 to June 15, 2021. Transactions totaling around 300 million Sarafu capture various economic and financial activities such as purchases, transfers, and participation in savings and lending groups. So-called “chamas” are key to the operation of the Sarafu system and many such groups are labeled in the data. Describing this data contributes to research on the operation of community currencies, monetary systems, and economic networks in marginalized, food insecure areas. The observation period includes the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic and several documented pilot projects and interventions.
Statistics and Probability, FOS: Computer and information sciences, Monetary economics, Data Descriptor, Economics and Econometrics, Economics, Science, FOS: Political science, Social Sciences, Business, Management and Accounting, FOS: Law, Library and Information Sciences, Digital currency, Financial Inclusion, Education, Management Information Systems, Database, Information and Communication Technologies for Development, FOS: Mathematics, Business, Financial inclusion, Political science, Financial transaction, Database transaction, Microfinance, Gender Empowerment, and Economic Development, Dynamics of Crowdfunding and Fintech, Q, Unit (ring theory), Financial services, Currency, Kenya, Computer science, Mathematics education, 004, Computer Science Applications, Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Computer Science, Physical Sciences, Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, Law, Finance, Mathematics, Information Systems
Statistics and Probability, FOS: Computer and information sciences, Monetary economics, Data Descriptor, Economics and Econometrics, Economics, Science, FOS: Political science, Social Sciences, Business, Management and Accounting, FOS: Law, Library and Information Sciences, Digital currency, Financial Inclusion, Education, Management Information Systems, Database, Information and Communication Technologies for Development, FOS: Mathematics, Business, Financial inclusion, Political science, Financial transaction, Database transaction, Microfinance, Gender Empowerment, and Economic Development, Dynamics of Crowdfunding and Fintech, Q, Unit (ring theory), Financial services, Currency, Kenya, Computer science, Mathematics education, 004, Computer Science Applications, Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Computer Science, Physical Sciences, Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty, Law, Finance, Mathematics, Information Systems
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