Financial Inclusion and the Gender Gap Across Islamic and Non-Islamic Countries

Latifah Baeshen (), Claudia Girardone and Anna Sarkisyan ()
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Latifah Baeshen: University of Essex
Anna Sarkisyan: University of Essex

Chapter Chapter 10 in Contemporary Issues in Sustainable Finance, 2023, pp 259-283 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Using the World Bank’s Global Findex database, we provide an exploratory analysis of the patterns of financial inclusion and the gender gap among 56 Islamic and 101 non-Islamic countries during the period 2011 to 2017. We show that financial inclusion is still relatively low in our sample, but it is particularly challenging in the sampled Islamic countries and for women. Our study suggests that the strength of the economy, social and institutional environment, as well as banking market conditions and technology are among the potential determinants of financial exclusion in Islamic countries compared to their non-Islamic counterparts.

Keywords: Financial inclusion; Gender gap; Islamic banking; Cross-country analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-22539-0_10

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