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 …

In South Asia, the modern microfinance movement was born in Bangladesh in the 1970s as a response to the prevailing … poverty conditions among its vast rural population. Astonishing growth rates in Bangladesh, particularly during 1990s, created … a new dimension for microfinance worldwide as microfinance institutions grew to include millions of clients. The start …

"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 …

has made it much easier to receive and transfer money as well as make payments. Agency banking and cash merchants have … alleviate their poverty. Research shows that the poor need financial tools that are appropriate, flexible, convenient, quick and …

This study examines the effect of financial inclusion on poverty and vulnerability to poverty of Ghanaian households … households' vulnerability to poverty. Endogeneity associated with financial inclusion is resolved using distance to the nearest … are considered poor, about 51 percent are vulnerable to poverty. We found that an increase in financial inclusion has two …