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been truncated in Ghana due to limited access to financial opportunities. Despite this challenge, little is known about the …Globally Financial inclusion provides an opportunity to promote equal access to resources for all. One of the crucial … catalysts for microenterprises development is access to the financial market. However, the growth of many microenterprises has …
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such as microfinance banks enhance financial literacy to increase the scope of financial inclusion of the poor in rural … intermediaries such as microfinance banks to roll out financial literacy programs. This can be achieved through provision of …
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, financial institutions such as banks and microfinance institutions should develop financial products and services that promote … to gain access to scarce and vital information about available financial services like credit. …
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Poverty reduction has become a top goal in the socio-economic development strategies of countries and a topic of interest for researchers. A number of prior empirical studies have identified the importance of financial inclusion to poverty reduction. However, most of these studies assess the...
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. Similarly, agent liquidity has a direct significant effect on access to and usage of mobile money services among the unbanked … poor population in rural sub-Saharan Africa with data collected from rural Uganda. Agent liquidity enhances access to and … usage of mobile money services by 27 percentage points to spur financial inclusion among the unbanked rural poor population …
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This article aims to explore the interplay between financial stability, financial inclusion, and inclusive growth in 40 African countries during the period 2004-2020. It acknowledges that an unstable financial system has the potential to erode confidence and hinder the essence of financial...
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This paper examines the impact of financial literacy and financial inclusion on stock market participation in Ghana. It … employs a sample of 1,966 respondents across the 10 regions of Ghana for the year 2018. We employ biprobit models to estimate … support previous findings that financial literacy is not a determinant of stock market participation in Ghana. Third …
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curse. We recommend that the government of Ghana review the E-levy policy to minimize its negative effects. We specifically …
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information on agricultural credit, the fear of credit default, and the absence of Microfinance Institutions in the study areas … agri-finance extension service delivery to associations of tomato growers among the young to access and use agricultural …
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Alike the role of heart for human body, finance is the focal point of an economy, whereas savings and investment are its tubes and vessels. Hence, a solid financial system is a fundamental character of an enduring economy. The frozen financial system endures longer if its foundation is concrete...
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