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Drivers of financial access : the role of macroprudential policies
Deléchat, Corinne; Kiyasseh, Lama; MacDonald, Margaux; … - 2020
This study analyzes the drivers of the use of formal vs. informal financial services in emerging and developing countries using the 2017 Global FINDEX data. In particular, we investigate whether individuals' choice of financial services correlates with macro-financial and macro-structural...
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Inequality in financial inclusion and income inequality
Aslan, Goksu; Deléchat, Corinne; Newiak, Monique; Yang, Fan - 2017
We investigate the link between gender inequality in financial inclusion and income inequality, with three contributions to the recent literature. First, using a micro-dataset covering 146,000 individuals in over 140 countries, we construct novel, synthetic indices of the intensity of financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011763549
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Financial inclusion and bank competition in Sub-Saharan Africa
Mengistu, Azanaw; Perez-Saiz, Hector - 2018
In this paper we study how competition and financial soundness affect financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). We use detailed individual-level survey data, combined with key country-level indicators of bank competition and financial soundness, to study the effect on the adoption of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011978430
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Financial development, inequality and poverty : some international evidence
Ben Naceur, Samy; Zhang, RuiXin - 2016
income inequality and poverty, except financial liberalization, which tends to exacerbate them. Also, banking sector … fully support the reduction of poverty and income equality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011434750
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Impact of Remittanceson Poverty and Financial Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Gupta, Sanjeev - 2007
swamps remittances, this paper finds that remittances, which are a stable, private transfer, have a direct poverty mitigating … remittances, poverty and financial development. The paper posits that formalizing such flows can serve as an effective access …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400356
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Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction in Sub-Saharan Africa
Moser, Gary G. - 2001
This study confirms a strong and robust relationship between economic growth and poverty reduction in sub … institutional freedom, and island economies are important control variables that help explain the variability of poverty across …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400682
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The Disconcerting Pyramids of Poverty and Inequality of Sub-Saharan Africa
Lopes, Paulo Silva - 2005
Poverty and inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) should not be ascertained only on the basis of scarce and unreliable … poverty and inequality have increased over the past 30 years are based on regional income estimates with falling medians and … and more dehumanizing poverty in the years ahead even if meaningful economic growth is achieved. As underscored by the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014401026
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Financial Deepening, Property Rights and Poverty : Evidence From Sub-Saharan Africa
Huang, Yifei - 2011
Recent studies on the relationship between financial development and poverty have been inconclusive. Some claim that …. Its results suggest that financial deepening could narrow income inequality and reduce poverty, and that stronger property …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014398602
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India's approach to open banking : some implications for financial inclusion
Carrière-Swallow, Yan; Haksar, Vikram; Patnam, Manasa - 2021
We examine how the development of the digital infrastructure known as the 'India Stack'-including an interoperable payments system, a universal digital ID, and other features-is delivering on the government's objective to expand the provision of financial services. While each individual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012518740
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Fintech potential for remittance transfers : a Central America perspective
Bersch, Julia; Clevy, Jean François; Muhammad, Naseem; … - 2021
This paper analyzes the potential for fintech to facilitate cheaper and more efficient remittances, and to enhance financial inclusion in Central America. Digital remittances remain nascent in the region, primarily reflecting behavioral inertia, small cost advantages of digital over traditional...
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