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Unlocking Financial Inclusion: The Dynamics of Bank Account Ownership in Urban Slums
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Financial inclusion is a key driver of sustainable development, contributing to poverty reduction (SDG 1), gender equality (SDG 5), and reduced inequalities (SDG 10). Despite extensive financial‐inclusion policies in India, residents of urban slums remain largely excluded from formal banking systems.
Davide Moro +3 more
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The long term impact of microfinance on income, wages and the sectoral distribution of economic activity [PDF]
, 2003 This paper analyses the long-term effects of improved small-scale lending, often provided by microfinance institutions set up with the support of development aid.
Tschach, Ingo
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BMC Public HealthBackground The relationship between insufficient financial resources and psychological health has been extensively studied and established in various contexts.
Judith Ifunanya Ani +2 more
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Journal of Islamic Monetary Economics and Finance, 2019 Socially responsible investment (SRI) sukuk has a high potential to be an innovative financing mechanism for Islamic microfinance. This paper explores the possibility of implementing SRI sukuk for raising funds to support the microfinance industry and to
Mohamed Yassine Khouildi +1 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates stakeholder perspectives on mobilising private‐sector finance for climate adaptation in Southeast Asia, emphasising Hong Kong's role as a financial intermediary. Through semi‐structured interviews with diverse stakeholders, including practitioners, policymakers, insurers, and project developers, we employed a grounded ...
Laurence L. Delina +4 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Sustainable Development interventions must deal with rapid and novel changes affecting complex social‐ecological systems, calling for design based on a resilience approach. However, limited analytical attention has been paid to the design settings in which such approaches are deployed.
Yiheyis Maru +6 more
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Microfinance and gender empowerment [PDF]
Journal of Development Economics, 2012 In the past 30 years, microfinance has carried many promises of social and economic transformation, with the shift towards targeting women being seen as a major strategic move through which the promise of social development could be most e¤ectively delivered.
Ngo, Thi Minh-Phuong, Wahhaj, Zaki
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Organizational Culture and Performance: Evidence From Microfinance Institutions in Kenya
SAGE Open, 2019 The study aimed at determining the influence of organizational culture on the performance of microfinance institutions in Kenya. A descriptive cross-sectional survey design was adopted. Secondary data were collected from annual reports by the Association
O. Joseph, F. Kibera
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FinTech and Environmental Sustainability: Evidence From Brazil
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study explores the dynamic interplay between economic growth and environmental sustainability from a FinTech perspective, using Brazil as a case study. While FinTech's contribution to green transformation, sustainable finance, and resource efficiency has gained increasing attention, a notable lack of empirical research remains to assess ...
Kemal Eyuboglu, Umut Uzar
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Journal of Accounting and Finance in Emerging EconomiesPurpose: Microfinance has played a substantial role in providing financial facilities to marginalized populations, particularly in emerging countries, by offering credit, savings, and insurance to individuals who don’t have access to traditional banking
Mehwish Malik
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