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Financial inclusion and development in the least developed countries in Asia and Africa
Cicchiello, Antonella Francesca; Kazemikhasragh, Amirreza; … - In: Journal of innovation and entrepreneurship : JIE 10 (2021), pp. 1-13
for development, policymakers should consider policies that enhance literacy, eliminate gender inequality and increase pay …
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Financial Inclusion and Economic Development in Africa
Winful (PhD), Ernest Christian - 2021
Post-2015 Development Agenda put financial inclusion as a key objective for United Nations member countries. This objective seeks to improve people's livelihoods, reduce poverty, and advance economic development in member countries. It is asserted that there is a significant relationship between...
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Mobile Money for Financial Inclusion in Rwanda : Application of Endogenous Switching Regression Model
Maniriho, Aristide - 2021
As in many developing countries, mobile money was justified as a significant tool of financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa. This study attempts to identify the factors motivating Rwandans to use the mobile money using the FinScope 2016 survey data collected from a random sample of 12,480...
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The comparative economics of financial access in gender economic inclusion
Asongu, Simplice; Nting, Rexon T. - 2020
The study has investigated the comparative importance of financial access in promoting gender inclusion in African … countries. Gender inclusion is proxied by the female labour participation rate while financial channels include: financial … stable countries enjoy better levels of "financial access"-induced gender inclusion compared to respectively, low income …
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Financial inclusion and gender income inequalities in informal entrepreneurship : the case of Cameroon
Ndouna, Faustine Kede; Zogning, Félix - In: Journal of entrepreneurial finance : JEF ; official … 24 (2022) 3, pp. 1-14
in informal activities and gender inequalities explain 13.96% of this gap. This means that when it comes to accessing …
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Mobile money is driving financial development in Africa
Lehmann-Uschner, Anna Katharina; Menkhoff, Lukas - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 10 (2020) 21/22, pp. 253-259
Mobile money is an innovation that allows financial transactions to be performed via a cell phone. Even in poor regions of Africa, almost everyone has a cell phone; therefore, mobile money could both contribute to the continent’s economic growth and ensure that no Africans are excluded from...
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Financial inclusion and financial literacy in Kazakhstan
Kapparov, Kassymkhan - 2018
This paper examines the current situation concerning financial inclusion and financial literacy in Kazakhstan and future prospects. Since 2000, the financial sector has been developing rapidly, driven by petrodollars, which has led to higher financial inclusion. However, the improvement in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011913465
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Financial inclusion, financial regulation, financial literacy, and financial education in the Kyrgyz Republic
Hasanova, Savia - 2018
This paper discusses recent developments in financial inclusion and financial literacy in Kyrgyz Republic. While financial inclusion is considered one of the key drivers of today's development, it is quite new to Kyrgyz Republic. The first attempts to introduce the notion of financial inclusion...
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Financial inclusion and inclusive growth in sub-Saharan Africa
Sarpong, Bernard; Nketiah-Amponsah, Edward - In: Cogent economics & finance 10 (2022) 1, pp. 1-17
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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Identifying gender disparities on the time to repay microfinance group loans: Evidence from Mexico
Bátiz-Zuk, Enrique; González-Holden, Alexa - 2023
This paper investigates how gender disparities affect the time to repay group micro-finance loans using survival … aggregate default rates that gradually reduced afterward. Our study identified a potential gender gap that has been understudied …
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