This paper explores the relationship between the informal sector and financial inclusion for a sample of 186 countries across the period 2004-2018 and using various methods of estimations—ordinary least squares, instrumental variables, fixed effects, and general method of moments. The results...

Financial inclusion is increasingly seen as a key enabler of various development objectives. While not explicitly one of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), financial inclusion is recognized as an important enabler for them. The Philippine central bank—the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas...

This study examines the relationship between financial inclusion and women's economic empowerment in the Ethiopian context. Scholars and development agents have long argued for the importance of access to financial products and services in achieving equitable economic growth and reducing...

This study examines the relationship between financial inclusion and women's economic empowerment in the Ethiopian context. Scholars and development agents have long argued for the importance of access to financial products and services in achieving equitable economic growth and reducing...

This report is the tenth, and final, in a series of annual monitoring reports supported by the Friends Provident Foundation and Barrow Cadbury Trust to monitor progress towards, or indeed, away from, financial inclusion in Britain. To aid comparisons and provide a comprehensive picture, it uses...

This briefing paper reports the findings of a specially commissioned survey developed to supplement the tenth Financial Inclusion Monitor, published on the 6 December 2022. In order to gather up-to-date information on how people were managing financially, their experiences over the previous year...