...Ismail Khan; Haseeb Ur Rahman; Naveed R. Rehman; Mustafa Rehman Khan Purpose Despite the growing body of literature on population age structure ( PAS ) and economic growth, empirical evidence on the role of financial inclusion ( FI ) in moderating the effect is quite scarce, particularly...

...Khanullah Mohammady Purpose The purpose of this study is to analyse the socio-demographic and economic determinants of financial inclusion ( FI ) in Afghanistan. Design/methodology/approach The study uses the Global Findex data 2021 and probit regression models to analyse determinants...

... ( DIF ) impacts on financial inclusion ( FI ) across various levels. This study aims to explore DRI and DIF impacts on FI across different access levels in Nigeria, from 2000 to 2024. Design/methodology/approach To achieve this study’s main goal, both Simultaneous Quantile Regression ( SQR...

...Tayyaba Rani; Rufia Saeed; Tanzila Naseem Purpose This study aims to investigate how renewable energy adoption, digital transformation, financial inclusion and institutional quality contribute to economic growth in six Australian territories: New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania...

...Linh Nguyen Thi Tu; Linh Nguyen Tu; Giang Cao Thi Huong; Anh Tran Hoang; Duong Truong Purpose This study aims to examine the effects of digital payments and credit on financial inclusion in Asian countries. Design/methodology/approach The hypotheses are tested using the benchmark regression...

...Yogeeswari Subramaniam; Muzafar Shah Habibullah; Tajul Ariffin Masron; Hanini Ilyana Binti Che Hashim; Siti Aisah Binti Bohari Purpose As artificial intelligence (AI) is taking over our world, this study aim to examine the relationship between AI readiness and financial inclusion in low and lower...

...Fakrul Islam; Mohammad Ashraful Ferdous Chowdhury; Mohammad Abdullah Purpose This research explores the relationship between digital financial inclusion, technological innovation and unemployment. This study aims to examine how progress in digital finance and technology influences unemployment...

...Jitendra Kumar Chaurasiya; Bhanu Pratap Singh Purpose This study aims to examine the impacts of institutional quality ( IQ ), financial inclusion ( FI ) and their interaction or total effect (IQ×FI) on financial risk ( FR ) in BRICS countries from 2012 to 2020. It explores how the interaction...

...Amelina Apricia Sjam; Tan Ming Kuang Purpose Financial inclusion policies in developing countries often promote account ownership to build resilience, yet the behavioural mechanisms underpinning this link remain underexplored. This study aims to examine whether formal saving behaviour mediates...

...Opoku Adabor; Samuel Osei-Gyebi Purpose This paper aims to use Ghana as a case study to examine the effect of financial inclusion on the growth of the manufacturing sector while considering the moderating role of financial development. Design/methodology/approach The study covers the period...

...Susanta Kumar Sethy; Narayan Sethi; D. P. Priyadarshi Joshi Purpose Several studies reported that financial inclusion was instrumental in effective monetary policy transmission. Thus, this paper aims to examine the implications of financial inclusion on inflation, a proxy for monetary policy...

...Aamir Aijaz Syed Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of economic integration on financial inclusion in emerging economies. It seeks to uncover how global and regional economic integration can improve the access and usage of financial services, thereby fostering inclusive...

...Noah Keya Otinga; Pat Obi; Freshia Waweru Purpose This study aims to examine the effect of financial inclusion (FI) and financial openness (FO) on the development of capital markets in Africa. Design/methodology/approach The study uses data from 34 countries over 18 years (2004–2021...

...Eric Abokyi; Giulia Bettin Purpose This study aims to investigate the relationship between financial inclusion and household expenditure behaviour among Ghanaian households, by taking into account both formal and informal financial inclusion channels. Design/methodology/approach Propensity...

...Imran Khan; Mrutuyanjaya Sahu Purpose This paper aims to empirically examine the influence of macroeconomic and socioeconomic factors on improving financial inclusion in India, with a specific focus on two distinct indicators of financial inclusion. Design/methodology/approach This study has...

...Muhammed Ashiq Villanthenkodath; Shreya Pal Purpose Financial inclusion is acknowledged as a critical facilitator of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals agenda for 2030. Therefore, this study aims to examine the asymmetric role of overall globalization on financial inclusion...

...Josephine Ofosu-Mensah Ababio; Eric B. Yiadom; Emmanuel Sarpong-Kumankoma; Isaac Boadi Purpose This study aims to examine the relationship between financial inclusion and financial system development in emerging and frontier markets. Design/methodology/approach Using data across 35 countries...

...Jogeswar Mahato; Manish Kumar Jha Purpose This study aims to investigate the impact of financial inclusion in promoting sustainable livelihood among indigenous women entrepreneurs. Moreover, the study has also examined the mediating role of microentrepreneurship between financial inclusion...

...Harish Kumar Bhatter; Biswajit Prasad Chhatoi Purpose This study aims to examine the nexus among financial inclusion, legislative corporate social responsibility (CSR) and the financial performance of banking companies in India. Design/methodology/approach The study uses the fixed-effect model...

...Biplob Kumar Nandi; Gazi Quamrul Hasan; Md. Humayun Kabir Purpose This study aims to examine the impact of financial inclusion on per capita gross domestic product (GDP) at varying degrees of financial inclusion for a sample of 76 developing countries between 2011 and 2017. To evaluate...