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The role of financial inclusion in driving women’s economic empowerment

Year: 2019

Type: article

Abstract: This article highlights why the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has focused on financial inclusion to advance women’s economic empowerment and drive progress on gender equality. It highlights key lessons from financial inclusion-related projects the foundation has supported within the “Putting Women and Girls at the Center of Development (WGCD) Grand Challenge” in 2015. The article also shares the logic and research informing the foundation’s strategy to close the gender gap in financial inclusion – a key pillar of its strategy on women’s economic empowerment – and improve the lives and livelihoods of millions of women around the world.

Source: Development in Practice

DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2019.1660308

Author: Sarah Hendriks

Language: English

Topic: Microfinance and Financial Inclusion

Subfield: Economics and Econometrics

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Gender equality, Reduced inequalities, No poverty, Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W2986150662

FWCI: 15.29

Cites: 21

Cited by: 212

Related to: 10