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Financial inclusion and development in the least developed countries in Asia and Africa
Cicchiello, Antonella Francesca; Kazemikhasragh, Amirreza; … - In: Journal of innovation and entrepreneurship : JIE 10 (2021), pp. 1-13
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between the financial inclusion index and development variables in the least developed countries in Asia and Africa by using annual data of 42 countries for the period 2000-2019. The pooled panel regression and panel data analysis...
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Promoting inclusive production and growth through self help groups
Kalhan, Anuradha - In: Journal of Indian School of Political Economy : a … 24 (2012) 1/4, pp. 139-155
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Growth and Development of Self Help Group in India – Financial Perspective
Ramasamy, Sathishkumar; Saran, R.; Selvam, Tamil - 2023
socio-economic conditions of the people particularly the rural poor. Microfinance is expected to play a significant role in …
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Growth patterns of microfinance clients : evidence from sub-Saharan Africa ; conference paper
Wagner, Charlotte; Winkler, Adalbert - 2013 - This version: February 2013
We provide evidence on the growth patterns of microfinance clients. Our analysis is motivated by the debate on the … impact of microfinance on client income and growth. Based on loan-level data from close to 40,000 clients in Sub … our results provide econometric support for the largely anecdotal evidence presented by microfinance practitioners that …
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Chapter 71. Access to Finance
Karlan, Dean; Morduch, Jonathan - In: Handbook of development economics : volume 5, (pp. 4703-4784). 2010
Expanding access to financial services holds the promise to help reduce poverty and spur economic development. But, as a practical matter, commercial banks have faced challenges expanding access to poor and low-income households in developing economies, and nonprofits have had limited reach. We...
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On the undesirable repercussions of gender norms in an endogenous growth model
Sakamoto, Ryo; Minami, Katsunori - 2024
Sustainable growth has emerged as a critical policy challenge worldwide. We investigate the influence of conventional gender norms on fertility and economic growth to explain the phenomena recently observed across high-income countries. To this end, we construct an overlapping generations model...
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Gender equality : economic implications
Pillai, Pheba Anandan (contributor) - 2008 - 1. ed.
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Financial inclusion and inclusive growth : what does it mean for Sri Lanka?
Arandara, Rathnija; Gunasekera, Shanuki - 2020
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Microfinance Institutional Growth : How Driven Forces Impact Their Financial Integration?
Kendo, Sandra - 2016
This article analyses the growth of microfinance by examining how some driven forces heighten more or less their … financial integration. Three main driven forces identify: agency costs, financial development and trade-off in microfinance. The … author samples 542 microfinance institutions. Quantile regression applies to analyze difference effects. The results first …
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Can an Agenda for Economic Development Be Premised on an Aggressive Program Built around Microfinance?
Obrimah, Oghenovo A. - 2019
around an aggressive foray into provision of Microfinance is more likely to fail, than to succeed. The Microfinance strategy … any supply-side or income multiplier effect from Microfinance, and there is not arrival at any beneficial transformation …, which does not reside in purview of Microfinance, there is not arrival at any meaningful economic development. The study …
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