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Financial Inclusion in Emerging Markets

A Road Map for Sustainable Growth

Palgrave Macmillan
  • Discusses ideas for stakeholders to develop strategies to access and use financial products and services
  • Helps in recognizing the role of financial inclusion as one of the main drivers in reducing income inequality and thus supporting sustainable economic growth of the countries
  • Provides conceptual and practical ideas from the practitioners, best practices from the experts, and empirical views from the researchers

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxix
  2. Financial Inclusion Practices

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Key Determinants of Financial Inclusion: An Empirical Evidence from Western Balkan Countries

      • Nikola Stakić, Lidija Barjaktarović, Dharmendra Singh
      Pages 49-69
  3. Banking Products and Services

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 71-71
  4. Micro Insurance and Credit Societies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 113-113
  5. Micro-Financing and Online Banking

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 163-163
    2. Impact of Microcredit on Livelihood Status of Women in Rural India

      • Tarak Nath Sahu, Srimoyee Datta, Sudarshan Maity
      Pages 181-196
  6. Government Policies and Regulations

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 217-217
  7. Key Drivers of Financial Inclusion

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 237-237
    2. Transforming Financial Sector Through Financial Literacy and Fintech Revolution

      • Priya Makhija, Elizabeth Chacko, Mudita Sinha
      Pages 239-255

About this book

This book discusses ideas for stakeholders to develop strategies to access and use financial products and services such as deposits, loans, and fund transfer mechanism, insurance, payment services, and intermediaries, distribution channels at economical prices in order to cater to the needs of the poor and underprivileged people.

Financial inclusion ensures ease of access, availability, and usage of the financial products and services to all the sections of the society. The book will help in recognizing the role of financial inclusion as one of the main drivers in reducing income inequality and thus supporting sustainable economic growth of the countries, especially of an emerging economy. The book provides conceptual and practical ideas from the practitioners, best practices from the experts, and empirical views from the researchers on the best practices and how to mitigate the challenges and issues plaguing the development of the financial inclusion.



Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Postgraduate Studies & Research, College of Banking & Financial Studies, Muscat, Oman

    Ananda S.

  • Department of Finance, Accounting & Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics, Modern College of Business and Science, Muscat, Oman

    Dharmendra Singh

About the editors

Dr. Ananda S. is currently Director of Postgraduate Studies and Research Department at College of Banking and Financial Studies, Oman. He has 30 years of expertise in the area of management education, research and consultancy. He has also served in Mutual Fund Industry for about four years.

Dr. Dharmendra Singh is currently Assistant Professor (Finance) at Modern College of Business and Science, Oman. He has more than 20 years of experience in teaching and research in the banking and finance domain.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Financial Inclusion in Emerging Markets

  • Book Subtitle: A Road Map for Sustainable Growth

  • Editors: Ananda S., Dharmendra Singh

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2652-4

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-16-2651-7Published: 06 October 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-16-3822-0Published: 07 October 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-16-2652-4Published: 04 October 2021

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIX, 332

  • Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations, 27 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Behavioral Finance, Financial Services, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics

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eBook USD 119.00
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Softcover Book USD 159.99
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  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 159.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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