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 RESEARCH ARTICLE

Financial Inclusion and Poverty Rate:

Evidence from Mauritania

Marco Della Porta 1, Akil Fowowe 2

1
(Business Economics Laboratory, Barcelona – Spain)
1
(University of Nouakchott, Mauritania)

The high poverty rate in some countries continues to be the most persistent discussion in
international development debates. This paper examined the effect of access to finance and
the level of poverty in Mauritania. Secondary data on per capita household consumption,
number of commercial banks, number of commercial bank borrowers per thousand adults,
per capita income, real interest rate, government spending and other indicators were taken
from the Bank's World Development Indicators (WDI). The collected data were analyzed
using the panel's ordinary least squares econometric method. The results of the research
show that access to credit has had a positive impact on the decrease in the poverty level of
families. In this perspective, the empirical findings of this study can guide the choices of
policy makers and facilitate the ease of access to credit for individuals and families,
significantly reducing the poverty rate.

Keywords – Financial Inclusion, Poverty Rate, Financial Development, Mauritania

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