# Microfinance and Financial Inclusion

**Type:** Topics  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/topics/microfinance-and-financial-inclusion-2/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Citations | 626,999 |
| Description | This cluster of papers focuses on the intersection of microfinance, gender empowerment, and economic development. It explores the impact of microfinance on poverty reduction, financial inclusion, and women's empowerment, with a particular emphasis on access to finance, social capital, and the role of mobile money in promoting economic opportunities for the poor. |
| Domain | Social Sciences |
| Field | Economics, Econometrics and Finance |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/T10987 |
| Works | 95,530 |

## Topic researchers

Showing 12 of 20.

- [Andrei Shleifer](https://scholariq.org/researchers/andrei-shleifer/)
- [Joseph E. Stiglitz](https://scholariq.org/researchers/joseph-e-stiglitz/)
- [Francis Fukuyama](https://scholariq.org/researchers/francis-fukuyama/)
- [Ross Levine](https://scholariq.org/researchers/ross-levine/)
- [Robert D. Putnam](https://scholariq.org/researchers/robert-d-putnam/)
- [Viswanath Venkatesh](https://scholariq.org/researchers/viswanath-venkatesh/)
- [Luigi Zingales](https://scholariq.org/researchers/luigi-zingales/)
- [Asli Demirgüç‐Kunt](https://scholariq.org/researchers/asli-demirguc-kunt/)
- [Philippe Aghion](https://scholariq.org/researchers/philippe-aghion/)
- [David B. Audretsch](https://scholariq.org/researchers/david-b-audretsch/)
- [Raghuram G. Rajan](https://scholariq.org/researchers/raghuram-g-rajan/)
- [Florencio López‐de‐Silanes](https://scholariq.org/researchers/florencio-lopez-de-silanes/)

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