Policy emphasis has recently shifted to ‘Finance for All’ given evidence that financial sector development (FSD) contributes to growth but that the primary effects on poverty do not arise from pro-poor provision. This paper uses data from Financial Access Surveys carried out in 2006 in Kenya...

-- Part I – Introductory Matters. -- On Financial Inclusion and Global Development: Introductory Remarks. -- An Overview of SDGs 8.10.1 and 8.10.2. -- Forward and Backward Linkages of Financial Inclusion, Fintech, and Sustainable Development Goals: A Bibliometric Analysis and Concept Mapping....

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between financial development, openness in financial services trade and economic growth in BRICS countries for the period 1990–2012. Design/methodology/approach - An index for financial development has been constructed using...

Banks have continued to close their rural branches whiles setting up new urban branches in Ghana. Some studies have concluded this trend is due to reorientation towards serving big businesses in urban areas. Numerous informal financial institutions have also emerged at the same time in rural...

We analyze the relationship between the intensity of banks' use of soft-information and household bankruptcy patterns. Using a unique data set on the universe of Canadian household bankruptcies, we document that bankruptcy rates are higher in markets where the collection of soft, or qualitative...