Define and summarize what financial inclusion entails (i.e. the overall goal and individual products / interventions under consideration)

Read the following pieces on “financial inclusion”:

https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/financialinclusion/overview

https://blogs.worldbank.org/allaboutfinance/what-do-we-know-about-link-between-financial-

inclusion-and-inclusive-growth

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/1/15/18182167/microcredit-microfinance-poverty-

grameen-bank-yunus

Using these resources and the evidence covered in lectures please

i) Define and summarize what financial inclusion entails (i.e. the overall goal and individual products / interventions under consideration)

ii) Review evidence for the effectiveness of the individual financial products (i.e. what do they do well or not do well respectively)

iii) Lay out one recommendation to a policy maker about which financial products to support based on their promise for improving poor household’s welfare