Overview
- Highlights poverty theories and theories of financial inclusion
- Discusses the impact of various fourth industrial revolution technologies like AI on poverty and food security
- Explores the impact of financial inclusion on poverty in the context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Impact Finance (SIF)
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About this book
This book is unique in that it challenges scholarly views on financial inclusion and poverty reduction while also relating financial inclusion and poverty reduction to the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The book deviates from the usual method of analyzing financial inclusion, which relies on bank accounts or microcredit as success criteria, and instead discusses how the Fourth Industrial Revolution is facilitating digital financial inclusion. With a five-fold goal, this book investigates both past and present readings and understandings of poverty and financial inclusion. To begin, it provides a thorough introduction to the Fourth Industrial Revolution and financial inclusion in the context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Second, the book dives quite extensively into the theories of financial inclusion in the context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Third, the book reconstructs the theory of financial inclusion, moving from traditional to digital financial inclusion, highlighting the role of digital financial inclusion in the transition from an informal financial money market to a formal financial system. The fourth goal is to evaluate the tools and effects of digital financial inclusion on poverty. Finally, it provides case studies of digital financial inclusion and the future of digital financial inclusion in emerging and developing countries. This book will be of interest to academics, students and practitioners in a range of disciplines, including finance, development economics, and consumer economics.
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Theories of Financial Inclusion in the Context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution
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Reconstructing the Theory of Financial Inclusion: From Traditional Financial Inclusion to Digital Financial Inclusion
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Assessing Tools and Impact of Digital Financial Inclusion
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Authors and Affiliations
About the author
David Mhlanga is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. His research includes financial inclusion, poverty studies, and industry 4.0. His wider subject areas include development economics, economics of artificial intelligence, health, and education economics.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Digital Financial Inclusion
Book Subtitle: Revisiting Poverty Theories in the Context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Authors: David Mhlanga
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Impact Finance
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16687-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
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 Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-16686-0Published: 01 November 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-16689-1Published: 02 November 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-16687-7Published: 31 October 2022
Series ISSN: 2662-5105
Series E-ISSN: 2662-5113
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 360
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 39 illustrations in colour
Topics: Development Economics, Financial Engineering, Financial Services