This paper lays out some of the basic concepts surrounding financial inclusion, including access to banking, digital payments and financial literacy, as well as markets for health insurance, crop insurance, agricultural credit, small firm finance, and microcredit/ microfinance. It goes on to discuss various empirical and institutional studies of these dimensions of financial inclusion in the co...

This study investigates the role of governance quality in maintaining financial stability and enhancing inclusion Asian countries using stakeholder theory. Composite variables were constructed for quality, stability, dimensions principal component analysis (PCA). The impact on was analyzed dynamic system generalized method moments (GMM) estimations. Additionally, Baron Kenny's approach, mediati...

Purpose Women's financial inclusion has become a global research agenda, and past studies provide mixed evidence on the determinants of among women entrepreneurs across globe. However, impact digital literacy women's seldom been addressed in literature. Design/methodology/approach The authors perform cross-sectional analysis 144 countries using World Bank Global Findex Database. Findings This s...

This study unravels trends and momentum in banking mobile money channels uptake of select services thereafter draws implications for enhancing financial inclusion through Digital Financial Services (DFS). The Rate Change (ROC) approach was applied to analyze the growth Uganda. Implications DFS drawn from observing making informed interpretation such observed momentum. findings this imply that b...