Can social inclusion policies promote financial inclusion?

Financial Inclusion: Concepts, Issues and Policies for India

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...

Running head : SOCIAL INCLUSION 1 Social Inclusion , Identity ,

In this study we examine whether feelings of inclusion are correlated with identity integration, and if so, what effect this interaction might have on conflict adaptation. Our first hypothesis is that we will find a positive relationship between identity integration (II) and conflict adaptation. Our second hypothesis is that we will see a positive relationship between II and feelings of inclusi...

Can Social Inclusion Policies Reduce Health Inequalities in Sub-Saharan Africa?—A Rapid Policy Appraisal

The global resurgence of interest in the social determinants of health provides an opportunity for determined action on unacceptable and unjust health inequalities that exist within and between countries. This paper reviews three categories of social inclusion policies: cash-transfers; free social services; and specific institutional arrangements for programme integration in six selected countr...

Mobile Money for Financial Inclusion

M obile financial services are among the most promising mobile applications in the developing world. Mobile money could become a general platform that transforms entire economies, as it is adopted across commerce, health care, agriculture, and other sectors. To date, at least 110 money mobile systems have been deployed, with more than 40 million users. The most well-known system, M-PESA, starte...

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