International remittances and financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa (English)

This paper uses World Bank survey data, including about 10,000 households in five countries -- Burkina Faso, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, and Uganda -- to investigate the link between international remittances and households' financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa. The paper finds that receiving international remittances increases the probability that the household opens a bank account in all the five countries. This result is robust to controlling...

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Aga,Gemechu A.;

Martinez Peria,Maria Soledad;
Document Date
2014/07/01
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS6991
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Uganda, Kenya, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Africa,
Region
Western and Central Africa, Eastern and Southern Africa, Africa,
Disclosure Date
2014/07/01
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
International remittances and financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa
Keywords
remittance

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Aga,Gemechu A.; Martinez Peria,Maria Soledad.

International remittances and financial inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa (English). Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 6991 Washington, DC: World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/819501468108861787

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