We examine the question: “In the context of gender dimension what is the evidence of the impact of the financial … effect was 8.40% for women as against 3.97% for men, indicating that the gender of participating poor undoubtedly affects the …

Financial inclusion (FI) for vulnerable populations, such as women, is critical for achieving gender equality, women … been several attempts to measure FI for the general population, there is limited literature on gender-based measurement of … FI. This paper fills this important research gap by developing a gender-based FI index (GFII) focusing particularly on …