Spatial Heterogeneity Effects of Green Finance on Absolute and Relative Poverty

In light of the growing emphasis on sustainable development, financial poverty alleviation has become an increasingly important strategy. This study explores whether green finance, a new tool aimed at achieving can effectively reduce poverty. Using data from 25 provinces in China between 2004 and 2019, builds Green Financial Development Index, using improved entropy power method, uses spatial econometric model to analyze linear non-linear impact finance absolute relatively poor The results demonstrate that positive reduction, with more significant rural reduction than urban reduction. Interestingly, reveal gradually weakened, while increased. Moreover, introduction technological progress as intermediary variable revealed effect Overall, this contributes our understanding link suggests approach alleviation.