This article analyses the drivers of the gender gap in financial inclusion in Cameroon, using Finscope 2017 data and Fairlie's decomposition method. We analyse six distinct financial inclusion variables captured by access to and use of financial inclusion products and services. The results of the ...
(2) Does the channeling of the pooled large savings to deficit units through the more risk-tolerant non-traditional financial intermediaries (e.g., microfinance banks and venture capital funds) work better in fostering effective financial inclusion? (3) Given the peculiar nature of the two key ...
In Sub-Saharan Africa’s largely rural environment, so-called ‘mobile money’ – whereby cell phones are used to access financial services – have blossomed. Benin, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Malawi, Togo, and Zambia have all registered double-digit growth in the ...
While having made some progress in financial inclusion in the past couple of decades, the world still faces challenges in achieving a sustainable, affordable, and comprehensive financial inclusion. Globally, it is not the largest corporates and the wealthiest individuals that are lacking financial suppo...
in Cameroon. These institutions will have access to a global card network for the first time, both for acquiring and issuing. “The collaboration between UnionPay and GIMAC will effectively assist the region in growing financial inclusion and digital transformation by offering to the population ...
The dissertation aims to critically evaluate whether the goal of "Universal Financial Access and Financial Inclusion" is achievable by 2020, and can provide a catalyst for growth, stability, equality and reduction of poverty in the developing countries. It begins with an overview, offers various def...
The impact of national savings on economic development: a focused study on the ten poorest countries in Sub-Saharan Africa Article Open access 15 July 2024 Can financial inclusion enhance human development? Evidence from low- and middle-income countries Article Open access 06 May 2024 Does ...
Digital financial inclusion (DFI) is introduced as the extension of traditional financial inclusion (TFI) with the differential term "digital". DFI is levelled from multidimensional perspectives similarly to TFI, but mainly focuses on the digital aspects of access and usage indicators in relation to...
Accounting standards are an index created by examining and rating companies’ 1990 annual reports on inclusion of omission of 90 key items from accounting statements. The direct empirical evidence on the bonding view has however been mixed. Consistent with the bonding view, Doidge (2004) finds ...
About 100 million Pakistani adults lacked access to formal and regulated financial services as of 2016, according to a World Bank report on financial inclusion. Only 2.9% of adults in Pakistan had a debit card, and only 1% of adults used them to make payments. Just 1.4% of adults used an...