Browsing Inclusive Finance for Fragile and Post-Conflict States in Africa by Issue Date

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    • Boosting Agricultural Productivity in Mali Through Financial Inclusion and Gender Equality 

      Fowowe, Babajide (African Economic Research Consortium, 2022)
      Mali is a prominent fragile and post-conflict country (FPCC) in SSA. Since independence in 1960, the country has experienced four armed rebellions, accounting for a total of 20 years. Agriculture is the mainstay of the ...

    • Financial Inclusion for Sustainable Innovation and Performance of Enterprises in Sierra Leone 

      Djossou, Gbetoton Nadege; Sandy, James Fomba; Novignon, Jacob (African Economic Research Consortium, 2022)
      According to the World Bank’s Global Findex data1 , only 20 percent, 25 percent, and 15 percent of Sierra Leone’s total population aged above 15 years, male population and female population own a bank account in 2017, ...

    • Gender and Household Welfare Through Financial Inclusion in Liberia 

      Mulbah, Francis F.B.; Mantey, Vida; Olumeh, Dennis Etemesi; Okemer, Ipara Billy (African Economic Research Consortium, 2022)
      Financial inclusion (FI) is critical to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), particularly no poverty, gender equality, and reduced inequalities (GSMA, 2021). However, there is limited evidence of its ...

    • Sustainable Financial Inclusion for Women owned Firms in Eswatini 

      Ajetomob, J. O; Dlamini, S. G.; Dlamini, D. V (African Economic Research Consortium, 2022)
      Literature has argued for the role of women in a nation’s economic especially the household welfare. While acknowledge this claim, there is evidence that not much research has been carried out in Eswatini to understand ...

    • Gender Perspective in Building Resilience Through Financial Inclusion 

      Mesfin, Hiwot; Ahmed, Musa Hasen (African Economic Research Consortium, 2022)
      The effects of climate shocks on welfare and households’ coping mechanisms has been extensively addressed in the literature. However, there is a dearth of evidence on how climate shocks impacts on fragile societies ...

    • Financial Exclusion in Central African Republic 

      Mokobongo, France Jésus Jackson Yoko; Mballa, Nerry Urbain Cyrille; Koyongozo, Alain Douath; Dacko, Georgette; Gonessa, Michael Emmanuel (2022)
      Access to and use of financial services is critical to ensure the economic and social integration of citizens in today's society. It is also a necessity for employment, economic growth, poverty reduction and social ...

    • Targeted Household Credit Reduces School Dropout for Girls in Fragile States 

      Nanziri, Lwanga Elizabeth; Mwale, Martin; Kamninga, Tony Mwenda (African Economic Research Consortium, 2022)
      Up to 263 million children and youths are out of school. Despite the implementation of universal primary education policies that have seen net attendance reach 87% in 2019, and school completion of four out of five ...

    • Improved Welfare for Women and Youths in Gambia Through Access to Finance 

      Manja, Laston P.; Badjie, Isatou A. (2022)
      Access to finance, and more broadly financial inclusion, is one of the key challenges faced by households in the Gambia, in the face of an underdeveloped financial sector. Financial services in the Gambia are both formal ...

    • Improving Women’s Welfare in Burundi through Inclusive Finance 

      Atta-Aidoo J; Matthew, Ester Cosmas; Bizoza, Saidi; Saleh, Abdulkarim Onah (African Economic Research Consortium, 2022-10)
      Three out of every five women reported having access to a mobile money account comparedto a little over one in every fivewomen having access to eithermicrofinance or bank account. This revealed that a mobile money account ...