This text is concerned with the increasingly important and problematic area of financial exclusion, broadly defined as the inability and/or reluctance of partic

In 2011 the World Bank—with funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation—launched the Global Findex database, the world's most comprehensive data set

The persistence of poverty hurts us all, and attacking poverty is a major policy objective everywhere. In Britain, the main political parties have an anti-pover

When low-income city dwellers lack access to mainstream banking services, many end up turning to 'fringe banks,' such as cheque-cashers and pawnshops, for some

There has been mounting concern recently about people who have limited access to financial services and are considered to be financially excluded. This report i