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"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 …
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inclusion on poverty and income inequality. The results provide evidence that high- and middle-high-income economies with high … financial inclusion have significantly lower poverty, while no such relation exists for middle-low and low-income economies. The … nonlinearities in the cross-country determinants and impacts of financial inclusion on poverty and income inequality across income …
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results indicate that effective financial inclusion and all four related dimensions lower poverty. Improved access and fintech … financial inclusion in achieving poverty reduction. …
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Financial inclusion is a key element of social inclusion, particularly useful in combat-ing poverty and income … investigate the impact of financial inclusion on reducing poverty and income inequality, and the determinants and conditional … robust evidence that financial inclusion significantly reduces poverty rates and income inequality in developing countries …
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This paper empirically examines the quantitative relationship between financial inclusion and inclusive growth in sub-Saharan Africa using a panel of 46 countries for the period 2004–2018. The evidence suggests that usage of financial services, among other covariates, has a quantifiable and...
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While the role of commercial banks in financing economic growth and reducing poverty and income inequality is well … poverty reduction is understudied. Understanding of the local-level variations of banking services is essential for deeper … understanding of financial inclusion and its impact on local-level poverty. To this end, we first shed light on the regional …
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poverty and income inequality have invited increasing volumes of research focusing on the nexus between equity and efficient … into a middle income country (ADB, 2014). This has stimulated the need to understand causes of inequality and poverty for … poverty because they will substantially undermine the economic growth if left unchecked (ADB, 2014). The objective of this …
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Background: Since the latter part of the 20th Century, countries have been particularly challenged by the trade-off that exists between delivering generous welfare provisions and strong economic growth. Such dynamics have stimulated a need to better understand the causes of income inequality so...
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We examine the question: “In the context of gender dimension what is the evidence of the impact of the financial inclusion programs on poor households represented by women relative to that represented by men?” By constructing a good counterfactual and comparison group, we employ the...
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