“…Stream 3 analyses the impact of financial development on poverty elimination (Kalwij and Verschoor, 2007; Jalilian and Kirkpatrick, 2002; Jeanneney and podar, 2011; Hameed et al , 2017; Bayar, 2017; Boukhatem, 2016; Abosedra et al , 2016; Jung et al , 2015; Uddin et al , 2014; Chyi and Hwang, 2011; Kwon and Yi, 2009; Jalilian and Kirkpatrick, 2005; Premchander, 2003; Yao, 2000; Kaidi et al , 2019), how poverty can be reduced through economic growth (Besley and Burgess, 2000; Bigsten et al , 2003; De Silva, 2016; Moore and Donaldson, 2016; Huang et al , 2016; Belke and Wernet, 2015; McKay, 1997, 2013; David and Marouani, 2012; Suryahadi et al , 2012; Goh et al , 2009; Fanta and Upadhyay, 2009; Klasen, 2008; Vetterlein, 2007; Balisacan et al , 2003), the role of aid and donation to remove poverty (Collier and Dollar, 2002; Mosley et al , 2004; Page and Shimeles, 2015; Kaya et al , 2013; Sobhan, 2005; Arvin and Barillas, 2002; White, 1996), the role of microfinance and microcredit to mitigate poverty ( Banerjee and Jackson, 2017; Mazumder and Lü, 2015; Imai et al , 2010; Barboza and Trejos, 2009; Shastri, 2009; Swain et al , 2008; Greeley, 2003; Khan et al , 2021; Félix and Belo, 2019) and, finally, the role of education in eradicating poverty for sustainable development (Jones, 2016; Cremin and Nakabugo, 2012; Gounder and Xing, 2012; Rolleston, 2011; Walker et al , 2009; Yamada and Castro, 2009; Larson and Murray, 2008; Brown and James, 2020; Medeiros et al , 2020 ) .…”