What is financial inclusion? A critical review
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Keywords
Financial inclusion; financial development; systematic review; definition;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- B50 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Current Heterodox Approaches - - - General
- G50 - Financial Economics - - Household Finance - - - General
- O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-BAN-2022-04-11 (Banking)
- NEP-CWA-2022-04-11 (Central and Western Asia)
- NEP-FDG-2022-04-11 (Financial Development and Growth)
- NEP-FLE-2022-04-11 (Financial Literacy and Education)
- NEP-HME-2022-04-11 (Heterodox Microeconomics)
- NEP-PKE-2022-04-11 (Post Keynesian Economics)
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