...Hao Wei; Wenqi Hu; Pompeo Della Posta Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore how digital inclusive finance (DIF) (namely, digital tools capable to provide affordable, accessible and sustainable financial services to underserved populations, therefore including rural communities) affects...

...Chenwei Yu; Eddie Chi-man Hui; Zhaoyingzi Dong Purpose This paper aims to investigate the impact of digital inclusive finance on entrepreneurial activities in rural areas, as well as the underlying mechanisms and the variations of this impact across regions and household characteristics. Design...

...Chuanjiang Yu; Nan Jia; Wenqi Li; Rui Wu Purpose This paper examines the impact and mechanism of China's digital inclusive finance on rural consumption upgrade. First, the impact of the development of digital inclusive finance on the upgrading of rural household consumption structure...

...Yang Liu; Chunyu Liu; Mi Zhou Purpose The development of digital inclusive finance appears to be able to solve the difficulty of traditional finance, which cannot completely cover agriculture and farmers and provides better financial services and products to Chinese farmers. Thus, it improves...