Essays about: "Financial inclusion"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 160 essays containing the words Financial inclusion.

  1. 16. The Illumination of Money : An Ethnography of Bitcoin in El Salvador

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Socialantropologiska institutionen

    Author : Anton Angwald; [2023]
    Keywords : infrastructure; payment; bitcoin; financial inclusion; el salvador; future imaginaries; speculation; infrastruktur; betalning; bitcoin; finans; el salvador; framtidsstudier; spekulation; pengar;

    Abstract : Money can be understood as a disembedding mechanism, detaching social relations from a spatiotemporal context. However, different infrastructural instantiations of money make visible–and invisible–different qualities of money. READ MORE

  3. 17. New entrants disrupting the traditional business model of the global remittances industry through blockchain technology

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Gabriel Robles Rodríguez; [2022-08-19]
    Keywords : blockchain; financial services; global remittances; blockchain in remittances industry; financial inclusion; diffusion of innovation; technology adoption; digitalization; business model innovation; disruptive innovation; unbanked; underbanked;

    Abstract : The world is becoming increasingly digital, and technologies are emerging and evolving. Some of these technologies are considered to have disruptive potential, which is why it's important for industries and companies to keep up with the ongoing changes. One technology that is currently considered disruptive is called "blockchain. READ MORE

  4. 18. What effect does financial inclusion have on economic development within Sweden, Botswana and India?

    University essay from

    Author : Ellen Berg; Olga Porota; [2022-07-11]
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    Abstract : This study examines the relationship between financial inclusion and income level by identifying three different countries' income levels. It also investigates the differences as well as the similarities between these countries’ to add further knowledge. READ MORE

  5. 19. THE EFFECT OF THE INFORMAL ECONOMY ON POVERTY: The role of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Tobias Westman; [2022-03-24]
    Keywords : Informal economy; Informal sector; Shadow economy; Poverty; ICT; Developing countries;

    Abstract : This study investigates how access and usage of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) could affect the relationship between the size of the informal economy and poverty in developing countries. This topic has yet to receive much scholarly attention apart from one previous study, who argued that the moderating effect of ICTs is through the mechanism of greater financial inclusion. READ MORE

  6. 20. Non-Financial Performance Measures in Executive Bonus Contracts and Firm Performance

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

    Author : Kajsa Olsson; Pi-Lillebi Hermansson; [2022]
    Keywords : Firm performance; Agency Theory; Incentive Programs;

    Abstract : This study investigates whether there is a relationship between the inclusion of non-financial performance measures (NFPM) in CEO bonus contracts and firm performance in the short- term perspective of one year. Data is hand collected from the preceding year's remuneration reports of 106 Nordic large cap firms listed on Nasdaq. READ MORE