Financial Inclusion and Extreme Poverty in the MENA Region: A Gap Analysis Approach
Emara, Noha and Mohieldin, Mahmoud (2020). Financial Inclusion and Extreme Poverty: The Role of Governance - A Gap Analysis Approach, 2020, with Mahmoud Mohieldin. Review of Economics and Political Science, 5(3), 207-230.
Posted: 16 Apr 2021
Date Written: 2020
Abstract
Eradicating extreme poverty remains one of the most significant and challenging sustainable development goals (SDGs) in the Middle East and North African (MENA) region. The latest World Bank statistics from 2018 show that extreme poverty in MENA increased from 2.6% to 5% between 2013 and 2015. MENA ranks third among developing regions for extreme poverty and fell short of halving extreme poverty by 2015–the target established by the United Nations’(UN) millennium development goals, the precursor to the SDGs. The purpose of this study is to analyze the impact of financial inclusion on extreme poverty for a sample of 34 countries over the period 1990–2017.
Keywords: Financial inclusion, Extreme poverty, Gap approach, MENA region SDGs
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