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Financial exclusion and the cost of incomplete participation
Botti, Fabrizio; Bollino, Carlo Andrea - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Economic and social implications of the access to financial services both in developed and in developing countries have increasingly promoted the debate around the issue of considering “financial inclusion” as a public good, according to potential positive externalities associated to greater...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257984
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Microfinancing for Poverty Reduction and Economic Development; a Case for Nigeria
Awojobi, Omotola; Bein, Murad - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
which could improve their lives. For this study, our theoretical a priori expectation is that provision of microfinance … reinforcement of the microfinance mechanism to propagate a soothing trend for poverty reduction and economic growth. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009322664
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Gender empowerment in microfinance
Armendáriz, Beatriz; Roome, Nigiel - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
In this paper we argue that the promotion of women in microfinance initiatives and the bias against men is taking place … the goal to encourage microfinance to promote women empowerment and economic development. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009021975
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Government Spending on Education and Closing the Gender Gap : The Case of Developing Economies
Emara, Noha; Hegazy, Azza - 2021
Within the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the gender equality in education is considered one of … narrowing down the gender gap in education for the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels. More specifically, and among many … other factors, the study focuses on the response of gender gap in education to economic growth, information communication …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013233487
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Financial Inclusion in Karnataka: A Study of Operationalisation of No Frills Accounts
Rai, Anurag; Saha, Amrita - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Financial inclusion may be defined as the process of ensuring timely and adequate access to financial services and credit delivery for low income groups at an affordable cost. The basic aim of Financial Inclusion is to ensure the ease of access, availability and usage of the formal financial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008694034
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Financial Inclusion Through M-Banking Services: Scope and Problems in India
Kumbhar, Vijay - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
With the help of modern information communication technology, m-banking as a new type of banking services carrier can provide efficient and effective financial services for unbanked and rural peoples in India. Increased cellular service users in rural Indian provide wide opportunity to expand...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008839206
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Raising the ‘Beatrice’s Goat’: The Indian Experience in Microcredit
Asalatha, B. P.; Vijayamohanan, Pillai N. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Empowerment of the poor entails three basic inter-linked dimensions – generation of employment (and income), reduction of poverty, and erasing inequality. The perspective has now undergone a basic change from the collective care mechanism of a paternalistic state intervention meted out from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008855565
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Social service delivery and access to financial innovation. The impact of Oportunidades’ electronic payment system in Mexico
Masino, Serena; Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
This paper follows a quasi-experimental research design to assess the impact of the electronic payment system of Mexico’s Oportunidades programme. The switch from cash payments to electronic payments delivered via a bank account is found to have implications in terms of reallocation between...
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Financial Education: Institutes of Higher Education as delivery channels
Singh, Ardhendu; Venkataramani, Bhama - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
The significance of financial education as a transformation agent in the financial inclusion agenda of the nation is undisputed in academic as well as practitioner’s circle. This paper discusses its impact on the financial well being of the people and further highlights the steps taken by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258745
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Financial Permeation and Economic Growth: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
Inoue, Takeshi; Hamori, Shigeyuki - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This article empirically analyzes the role of finance in economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa from the perspective of what is termed herein “financial permeation”. By estimating panel data on 37 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa between 2004 and 2010, we examine whether financial permeation...
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