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Financial Development and Poverty Reduction: Exploring the Links between the Issues Using Evidence from Bangladesh

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  • Joynal Abdin

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This paper estimates the impact of financial development and financial instability on poverty reduction. From a time series data set of Bangladesh in the period between 1974 and 2013, this study finds a significant and theoretically meaningful relationship between the issues. Results suggest that financial development reduces poverty directly by providing greater credit access along with savings opportunity for the poor and indirectly via promoting economic growth. Notwithstanding the positive impacts of financial development on poverty reduction, financial instability which arises alongside financial development is adverse to poverty reduction process. The more interesting finding is that, with comparing to the findings of similar studies, the private credit ration has substantially stronger impact on the income of the poor. And it may be for the presence of ample micro-credit programs in Bangladesh.

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  • Joynal Abdin, 2016. "Financial Development and Poverty Reduction: Exploring the Links between the Issues Using Evidence from Bangladesh," International Journal of Financial Research, International Journal of Financial Research, Sciedu Press, vol. 7(4), pages 44-65, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:jfr:ijfr11:v:7:y:2016:i:4:p:44-65
    DOI: 10.5430/ijfr.v7n4p44
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