International Journal of Social Economics: Volume 47 Issue 6

Does mobile money promote financial inclusion in Eswatini?

Siphesihle Myeni, Marshall Makate, Nyasha Mahonye

Mobile money, a service permitting monetary value to be digitally stored in a mobile phone and transacted to others through text messaging, is increasingly becoming available in…

Determinants of infant mortality in Sierra Leone: applying Cox proportional hazards model

Lubna Naz, Kamalesh Kumar Patel

The aim of this paper is to examine biological, maternal and socioeconomic determinants of infant mortality in Sierra Leone.

Self-employment and wage difference an analysis for Brazil

Marco Túlio Aniceto França, Gustavo Saraiva Frio, Mariza Bethanya Dalla Vecchia Korzeniewicz

The aim of this study is to evaluate the wage gap between men and women who seek self-employment in Brazil, whether because they want to become entrepreneurs out of necessity or…

Determinants of financial inclusion in rural India: does gender matter?

Simrit Kaur, Cheshta Kapuria

Since finance is an efficacious instrument for economic development, social inclusion and women empowerment, the present paper examines the determinants of accessing institutional…

Does formal and business education expand the levels of financial education?

Ana Luiza Paraboni, Fabricio Michell Soares, Ani Caroline Grigion Potrich, Kelmara Mendes Vieira

Financial education has become an essential component of the economic balance for families, and much is being discussed about the methods, which raise the levels of financial…

SME credit constraints and access to informal credit markets in Vietnam

Lan Archer, Parmendra Sharma, Jen-Je Su

A review of literature has documented that accessing formal credit and other banking services has always been a crucial challenge for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)…