Cross-country variation in household access to financial services

By Patrick Honohan. 2008

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Safety Research, Urban Studies

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Assessing Countries’ Financial Inclusion Standing: A New Composite Index (2014, neutral): “Similarly, Honohan (2008) estimates the proportion of households having access to formal financial services for roughly 160 countries.”
Index of Financial Inclusion â€“ A measure of financial sector inclusiveness (2012, methodology): “Honohan (2008) uses both interchangeably, simply by stating that “the difference may not be all that great”, although there are reasons to believe otherwise.”
Banking Services for Everyone? Barriers to Bank Access and Use around the World (2006, methodology): “To gauge the relationship between barriers and aggregate measures of financial sector outreach, we utilize recently compiled data on branch penetration, the number of loan and deposit accounts per capita (Beck, Demirguc-Kunt and Martinez Peria, 2007) and a synthetic indicator of the proportion of ad”
Financial Access and Exclusion in Kenya and Uganda (2011, background): “Studies that provide the basis of this shift are, first, Jalilian and Kirkpatrick (2005) who conclude that the effect of FSD via its indirect effect on growth offers greater potential for poverty reduction (up to a threshold of economic development) than the direct effect of improved access for poor”
A theory of financial inclusion and income inequality (2020, background): “Most of them point to a negative relationship between financial inclusion and inequality (Honohan 2008; Mookerjee and Kalipioni 2010; Kim2016 ; Neaime and Gaysset 2018; Turégano and Herrero 2018) but their findings differ across regions and countries (Park and Mercado 2018; Dabla-Norris et al.…”
Does financial inclusion reduce poverty and income inequality in developing countries? A panel data analysis (2020, methodology): “(2015), but differs significantly from Honohan (2007, 2008) and Park and Mercado (2015), who found little econometric evidence that financial inclusion lowers income inequality.”
Is financial inclusion good for bank stability? International evidence (2017, background): “Honohan (2008) argues that it would be interesting to see whether the impact financial inclusion remains significant after controlling for per capita GDP.”
Finance-Growth Nexus and Dual-Banking Systems: Relative Importance of Islamic Banks (2016, background): “Given the relatively low access to financial institutions and products in most Muslim countries (e.g. Honohan, 2008), there is considerable potential for Islamic finance, by moving lenders and borrowers from the informal to formal markets.”
Financial Inclusion, Financial Literacy and Economically Vulnerable Populations in the Middle East and North Africa (2019, neutral): “…of market failures such as discrimination, lack of information, shortcomings in contract enforcement, poor information environment, or price barriers (e.g., Amidžić, Massara, and Mialou 2014; Beck, Demirgüç-Kunt, and Honohan 2009; Demirgüç-Kunt, Beck, and Honohan 2008; The World Bank 2014a).”