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rate of growth of capital asset or income whether source of borrowing is bank or money lender. This is then formalized in a …
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This paper discusses the business correspondent (BC)-agent banking model in India against the backdrop of community … potential to address the gender gap in financial inclusion. In recent years, India has made significant progress toward … opening of 420 million bank accounts, of which 53.26% belonged to women, though surveys have suggested that almost 55% of …
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Despite the commitments of the development community toward broader access to finance, financial inclusion rates worldwide are rather unsatisfactory. To date, around two billion adults do not have access to basic financial services such as savings and checking accounts. Attempting to bridge such...
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Financial inclusion is a multidimensional concept and countries have chosen diverse methods of enhancing financial inclusion with varying degrees of results. The heterogeneity of financial inclusion is particularly striking in the Asia-Pacific region as member countries range from those that are...
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Recent key challenges highlight the need to revisit Asia's financial development. These include the region's growth slowdown since the global crisis, compounded by a less benign external environment; internal structural challenges, such as population aging; and the maturing of much of the region...
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of financial inclusion in the context of developing countries. The paper then outlines several recent studies for India …
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