Financial inclusion is no longer an academic proposition, it is now a development agenda. Advocates and researchers have finally realised that exclusive growth is not sustainable.
Research has shown that just 62 people now own the same wealth as half the world's population, a crazy statistic, but true. It is, however, not surprising that some of the top 62 are already investing in financial inclusion programmes because they understand that exclusive growth leads to inequalities and is not sustainable even for their businesses.
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