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Gender disparities in financial inclusion in Tanzania
Were, Maureen; Odongo, Maureen; Israel, Caroline - 2021
Although Tanzania has made notable progress in enhancing access to financial services, the gender gap in financial … inclusion persists. This paper examines gender disparities in financial inclusion in Tanzania using descriptive and regression … opting to keep cash at home or save with a saving group. The gender gaps in financial inclusion are attributable to factors …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012545473
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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 - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010239469
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The welfare effects of financial inclusion in Ghana : an exploration based on a multidimensional measure of financial inclusion
Iddrisu, Abdul Malik; Danquah, Michael - 2021
Using a nationally representative household survey data set from Ghana, this paper provides empirical evidence regarding the role of financial inclusion or financial exclusion in household welfare. We first compute a multidimensional index of financial inclusion, and then we examine the effect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012650895
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Rural financial intermediation and poverty reduction in Ghana : a micro-level analysis
Danquah, Michael; Iddrisu, Abdul Malik; Ohemeng, Williams; … - 2020
The financial sector in rural areas, where most of the poor people in sub-Saharan Africa are found, has transformed massively in recent times, notably through the increased penetration of several types of rural financial intermediaries in addition to rural and community banks and microfinance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012161597
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Fintech in sub-Saharan Africa
Ndung'u, Njuguna S. - 2022
This paper traces the development of fintech in sub-Saharan Africa, its evolution over time, and the unfolding benefits attained at each stage of its adoption and market evolution. From the onset, fintechs have revolutionized retail electronic payment systems-a revolution that has evolved into a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013380733
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Do labour market conditions affect the extent of gender discrimination?
Arceo, Eva; Campos Vázquez, Raymundo M. - 2016
gender, age, marital status or even physique) to describe their ideal candidates, to which we will refer as explicit …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011486479
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Gender differences in formal wage employment in urban Tanzania
Opoku, Kwadwo; Mugizi, Francisco M. P.; Boahen, Emmanuel Adu - 2021
probit model to analyse gender differences in labour force participation and gender bias in formal wage employment in urban … likely to get formal wage employment, suggesting the existence of gender bias in the labour market in urban areas of Tanzania …. However, after accounting for selection into labour force participation, the existing gender bias is narrowed for women with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012545450
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Young women's transitions from education to the labour market in Ethiopia : a gendered life-course perspective
Admasu, Yeshwas; Crivello, Gina; Porter, Catherine - 2021
We investigate the causes of the gender disparity in labour market participation in Ethiopia using iterative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012545484
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Trade liberalization, employment, and gender in Ethiopia
Giovannetti, Giorgia; Sanfilippo, Marco; Vivoli, Arianna - 2021
This paper analyses the impact of trade liberalization on local labour markets in Ethiopia, with a focus on the gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012509309
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Excess female mortality in Africa
Anderson, Siwan; Ray, Debraj - 2017
Relative to developed countries, there are far fewer women than men in parts of the developing world. Estimates suggest that more than 200 million women are demographically 'missing' worldwide. To explain the global 'missing women' phenomenon, research has mainly focused on excess female...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011646240