TY - BOOK ID - 84783104 TI - Financial Inclusion : Can it Meet Multiple Macroeconomic Goals? AU - Sahay, Ratna. AU - Barajas, Adolfo. AU - Cihak, Martin. AU - Kyobe, Annette. AU - Mitra, Srobona. AU - Mooi, Yen. AU - N'Diaye, Papa. PY - 2015 SN - 1513589857 1513520792 1513592505 PB - Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, DB - UniCat KW - Banks and Banking KW - Finance: General KW - Industries: Financial Services KW - Women''s Studies' KW - Money and Monetary Policy KW - General Financial Markets: General (includes Measurement and Data) KW - General Financial Markets: Government Policy and Regulation KW - Financial Institutions and Services: General KW - Financial Institutions and Services: Government Policy and Regulation KW - Financial Markets and the Macroeconomy KW - Banks KW - Depository Institutions KW - Micro Finance Institutions KW - Mortgages KW - Economics of Gender KW - Non-labor Discrimination KW - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit: General KW - Finance KW - Banking KW - Gender studies KW - women & girls KW - Monetary economics KW - Financial inclusion KW - Financial services KW - Financial sector stability KW - Women KW - Financial markets KW - Financial sector policy and analysis KW - Gender KW - Credit KW - Money KW - Financial services industry KW - Banks and banking KW - United States KW - Women & girls KW - Women's Studies UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:84783104 AB - Using several recently available global datasets, this Staff Discussion Note examines macroeconomic effects of financial inclusion. It finds significant benefits to economic growth from financial inclusion, but the benefits diminish as financial inclusion and depth become large. Broadening access to credit can compromise economic and bank stability in countries with weak bank supervision. Other forms of financial inclusion—such as access to and use of bank accounts, branches, and ATMs—do not hurt stability, and can be promoted extensively. The note finds that gaps in financial inclusion are associated with economic inequality, but the association appears relatively weak. ER -