banking services to maximum number of people is unsuccessful as a poverty reduction strategy. As a poverty reduction strategy …Financial inclusion is the broad based delivery of banking and other financial services at affordable cost to the … poorest sections of society. In India, financial inclusion emphasizes to include maximum number of people under formal …

poverty reduction and inclusiveness in India. We explore the role of economic policies and macrofinancial conditions in …We document the evolution of poverty and inequality across Indian states during the recent period of rapid growth (2004 …-09), and examine the role of growth and distribution in reducing poverty. Robust economic growth has been a major driver of …

effective financial inclusion of the most vulnerable sectors of the population, and help fight poverty and inequality …

Poverty and income inequality remain a stubborn challenge in Asia and the Pacific despite the region’s rapid economic … expansion in previous decades, which lifted millions out of poverty. Financial inclusion is often considered as a critical … between financial inclusion, poverty, and income inequality at the country level will help policymakers design and implement …

, microfinance clients suffer from high interest rates, a type of poverty penalty. Reducing margins and lowering interest rates … banking model has been adapted to the case of MFIs. This model has been empirically tested using 9-year panel data. Some …

key role in poverty alleviation. Despite this, significant financial exclusion persists across sub-Saharan Africa. By …

This chapter takes stock of the current state of banking systems across Sub-Saharan Africa and discusses recent … developments including innovations that might help Africa leapfrog more traditional banking models.  Using an array of different … data, we document that African banking systems are shallow but stable.  African banks are well capitalized and over …