Financial Inclusion, Remittance Inflows, and Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries
Evidence from Empirical Analyses
Business & Finance, Economics, Economic Development, Finance & Investing, Finance
| Author: | Takeshi Inoue, Shigeyuki Hamori | ISBN: | 9789813279100 |
| Publisher: | World Scientific Publishing Company | Publication: | May 9, 2019 |
| Imprint: | WSPC | Language: | English |
| Author: | Takeshi Inoue, Shigeyuki Hamori |
| ISBN: | 9789813279100 |
| Publisher: | World Scientific Publishing Company |
| Publication: | May 9, 2019 |
| Imprint: | WSPC |
| Language: | English |
Many empirical analyses have demonstrated that financial inclusion and remittance inflows both indicate the potential of finance to resolve issues of growth and poverty in developing countries. Based on a wide-ranging review of prior research and empirical analyses from a new perspective, this book aims to systematically clarify the relations between financial inclusion, remittance inflows, economic growth, and poverty reduction in developing countries, revealing a new role for development finance.
Contents:
- About the Authors
- List of Abbreviations
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Introduction
- Financial Inclusion and Economic Growth: Is Banking Breadth Important for Economic Growth?
- Financial Inclusion and Poverty Reduction: Has Microfinance Been Helpful to Poor People?
- Remittance Inflows and Economic Growth: Clarifying Conflicting Results in the Literature
- Remittance Inflows and Poverty Reduction: How Economic Development Affects Remittances' Effect on Poverty Reduction
- Remittance Inflows and Financial Inclusion: Do Workers' Remittances Promote Access to Finance?
- Financial Inclusion, Remittance Inflows, and Poverty Reduction: Complements or Substitutes?
- Index
Readership: Students, professionals and researchers who want to understand the importance of financial inclusion and international remittances for economic development.
Key Features:
- Contains useful information on development finance, suggestions to alleviate poverty, and application of econometric methods
Many empirical analyses have demonstrated that financial inclusion and remittance inflows both indicate the potential of finance to resolve issues of growth and poverty in developing countries. Based on a wide-ranging review of prior research and empirical analyses from a new perspective, this book aims to systematically clarify the relations between financial inclusion, remittance inflows, economic growth, and poverty reduction in developing countries, revealing a new role for development finance.
Contents:
- About the Authors
- List of Abbreviations
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- Introduction
- Financial Inclusion and Economic Growth: Is Banking Breadth Important for Economic Growth?
- Financial Inclusion and Poverty Reduction: Has Microfinance Been Helpful to Poor People?
- Remittance Inflows and Economic Growth: Clarifying Conflicting Results in the Literature
- Remittance Inflows and Poverty Reduction: How Economic Development Affects Remittances' Effect on Poverty Reduction
- Remittance Inflows and Financial Inclusion: Do Workers' Remittances Promote Access to Finance?
- Financial Inclusion, Remittance Inflows, and Poverty Reduction: Complements or Substitutes?
- Index
Readership: Students, professionals and researchers who want to understand the importance of financial inclusion and international remittances for economic development.
Key Features:
- Contains useful information on development finance, suggestions to alleviate poverty, and application of econometric methods
