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The authors and publisher both sincerely apologise for these errors and any inconvenience they may have caused to readers.
Error 1: Page 2, third paragraph. The phrase ‘This is organised around four key functionings in the financial capability set’ should have read:
‘This is organised around five key functionings in the financial capability set’.
Error 2: Page 3, sixth paragraph. Missing close parenthesis. The phrase ‘A further eight Africa-focused studies have been published since Xiao et al. (2022): six from a special issue of Global Social Welfare (2023) (Ansong et al., 2023; Dako-Gyeke et al., 2023; Mort et al., 2023; Naami et al., 2023; Owuor et al., 2023; Tadesse and Huang, 2023’ should have read:
‘A further eight Africa-focused studies have been published since Xiao et al. (2022): six from a special issue of Global Social Welfare (2023) (Ansong et al., 2023; Dako-Gyeke et al., 2023; Mort et al., 2023; Naami et al., 2023; Owuor et al., 2023; Tadesse and Huang, 2023).’
Error 3: Page 5, fourth paragraph. The phrase ‘This work is primarily conceptual, where the main concern is to work out how HCA can be applied to migration’ should have read:
‘This work is primarily conceptual, where the main concern is to work out how CA can be applied to migration’.
Error 4: Page 6, first paragraph. The phrase ‘Gaspar and Truong (2010) also hint at the same point, of needing to understand how simultaneous “here and there” perceptions of migrants’ decisions and behaviours’ should have read:
‘Gaspar and Truong (2010) also hint at the same point, of needing to understand simultaneous “here and there” perceptions of migrants’ decisions and behaviours’.
Error 5: Page 6, footnote 4. The phrase, ‘Of the total diaspora remittances received in Zimbabwe through formal channels in 2022, 25% came from the United Kingdom (compared with 40% from South Africa and the United States (11%) (Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, 2024)’ should have read:
‘Of the total diaspora remittances received in Zimbabwe through formal channels in 2022, 25% came from the United Kingdom (compared with 40% from South Africa and 11% from the United States) (Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, 2024)’.
Error 6: Page 8, source of Figure 2. ‘Atkinson et al. (2007), p.31)’ should have read:
‘Atkinson et al. (2007, p.31)’.
Error 7: Page 12, first paragraph, the phrase: ‘This is due to financial losses in pension values and massively eroded value of the Zimbabwean currency as a result of the hyperinflation that took hold in Zimbabwe for a decade up to around 2008 (Toscano, 2011; Muronzi, 2019)’ should have read:
‘This is due to financial losses in pension values and the massively eroded value of the Zimbabwean currency as a result of the hyperinflation that took hold in Zimbabwe for a decade up to around 2008 (Toscano, 2011; Muronzi, 2019)’.
Error 8: Page 12, sixth paragraph. The phrase ‘This is an effect of remitting the senders that has been largely overlooked in academic research literature’ should have read:
‘This is an effect of remitting on the senders that has been largely overlooked in academic research literature’.
Error 9: Page 13, fourth paragraph. The phrase ‘By 2024, over two billion registered accounts were recorded, two-thirds of which came from Sub-Saharan Africa, mainly in East and West Africa’ should have read:
‘By 2024, over two billion registered mobile money accounts were recorded, two-thirds of which came from Sub-Saharan Africa, mainly in East and West Africa’.
Error 10: Page 14, fifth paragraph. The phrases ‘In this case, the infrastructure required for the use of MIR notably includes coverage of mobile phone networks, a reliable (if not constant) energy supply to power phones and data centres. It also extends to coverage and accessibility of FinTech money services in the countries of residence of the sender and the receiver (Figure 3)’ should have read:
‘In this case, the infrastructure required for the use of MIR notably includes coverage of mobile phone networks, and a reliable (if not constant) energy supply to power phones and data centres. It also extends to coverage and accessibility of FinTech services in the countries of residence of the sender and the receiver (Figure 3).’