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Market for 33 Percent Interest Loans. Financial Inclusion and Microfinance in India

Pauli, Markus - 2020

excluded. These may include savings, insurances, remittances, and credit. Microfinance became the most dominant method for … achieving financial inclusion. However, different microfinance schools of thought recommend opposite ways for attaining … released data from the Global Findex database. Second, focusing on microfinance as the dominant vehicle for achieving financial …

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Improving Access to Banking : Evidence from Kenya

Carletti, Elena - 2018

We explore the relationship between bank branch expansion, financial inclusion and profitability for Equity Bank. Unlike traditional banks in Kenya, Equity Bank pursues branching strategies that target underserved territories and less privileged households. Its presence has a positive and...

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News and Trends in Fintech and Digital Microfinance : Why Are European MFIs Invisible?

Ashta, Arvind - 2018

Microfinance is one of th ... …

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Improving Access to Banking : Evidence from Kenya

Allen, Franklin - 2020

We explore the relationship between bank branch expansion, financial inclusion and profitability for Equity Bank. Unlike traditional banks, including foreign and government owned banks in Kenya, Equity Bank targets less developed territories and less privileged households. Its presence increased...

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Agent Banking : Effectiveness In Financial Inclusion

Banerjee, Prashanto Kumar; Alam, Md. Mahbubur Rahman; … - 2021

Agent banking is at a very primary stage in Bangladesh. This discussion paper attempts to address the key issues related to the development of agent banking operations and their effectiveness in financial inclusion in Bangladesh. Using primary and secondary data, we find that the effectiveness...

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Does financial literacy improve financial inclusion? : cross country evidence

Grohmann, Antonia; Klühs, Theres; Menkhoff, Lukas - 2018

While financial inclusion is typically addressed by improving the financial infrastructure, we show that a higher degree of financial literacy also has a clear beneficial effect. We study this effect at the cross-country level, which allows us to consider institutional variation. Regarding...

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Does financial literacy improve financial inclusion? : cross country evidence

Grohmann, Antonia; Klühs, Theres; Menkhoff, Lukas - 2017

While financial inclusion is typically addressed by improving the financial infrastructure we show that financial literacy, representing the demand-side of financial markets, also has a beneficial effect. We study this effect at the cross-country level, which allows to consider institutional...

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Financial literacy promotes financial inclusion in both poor and rich countries

Grohmann, Antonia; Menkhoff, Lukas - In: DIW economic bulletin 7 (2017) 41, pp. 399-407

For social and economic reasons, national economies benefit from the inclusion of as many people as possible in financial services. In a cross country study, the present study shows that financial literacy for the general population promotes financial inclusion. This relationship goes beyond the...

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Financial Inclusion : A Case of Village Banks in Malawi

Sohn, Wook; Jombo, Wytone - 2022

This study investigates the determinants of household participation in credit markets in Malawi using merged comprehensive data from the Integrated Household Survey. We find that larger family sizes increase the probability of households accessing credit from village banks, and that higher...

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Improving Access to Banking : Evidence from Kenya

Allen, Franklin; Carletti, Elena; Cull, Robert; Qian, … - 2014

Equity Bank — a leading private commercial bank focusing on microfinance on the access to banking in Kenya. Equity Bank …

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