The Impact of Fintech on Poverty Reduction: Evidence from China

Isaac Appiah-Otoo and Na Song
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Na Song: School of Management and Economics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 9, 1-13

Abstract: Ending poverty in all its forms by 2030 remains the first agenda of Sustainable Development Goals set by the United Nations in 2015. Motivated by this agenda, this study examined the direct and indirect effect of financial technology (fintech) and its sub-measures of third-party payment and credit on poverty measured by household per capita consumption. We used a panel of 31 provinces in China from 2011 to 2017. The results indicated that fintech and these sub-measures reduce poverty in China. The results further showed that fintech complements economic growth and financial development to reduce poverty in China.

Keywords: fintech; poverty; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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