- Title
- Financial inclusion and food security nexus: Evidence from Southern African Development Community (SADC)
- Creator
- Machili, Tharollo
- Subject
- Economic growth, development, planning
- Subject
- Finance -- Developing countries
- Date Issued
- 2020
- Date
- 2020
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MCom
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/49886
- Identifier
- vital:41813
- Description
- Everywhere on the African continent, governments are starting to realize the crucial role of financial inclusion in mitigating poverty and contributing to sustainable and inclusive economic development and stability. Emerging evidence indicates that financial sector deepening is essential for facilitating economic development. The 2016 SADC financial inclusion strategy asserts that inclusive economic growth has a positive impact on the needy through minimizing income inequality and increasing employment Finmark Trust (2016). Recent developments in financial services for the low-income segment, specifically, reveals how financial inclusion can strengthen the dependence of a vulnerable and excluded population (Demirgüç-Kunt, Klapper, Singer, Ansar and Hess, 2017). As such, many countries within the continent now have national financial inclusion strategies and lead core initiatives to enhance financial markets. A number of researcher’s stress that financial inclusion, especially the use of digital financial services and mobile money services, can have developmental benefits Although studies fail to concur on the direction of the effect that financial inclusion has on economic development. It is worth noting that, even studies that do not find any evidence of the relationship between financial inclusion and economic development to support this hypothesis, also emphasize the prospect of attaining better outcomes through careful consideration of local needs
- Format
- vi,143 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Business and Economic Sciences
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela University
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