The impact of microfinance on energy access: a case study from peripheral districts of Lomé, Togo

Financial inclusion and their role in renewable energy and non-renewable energy consumption in China: Exploring the transmission channels

“…Financial inclusion helps to smooth households' consumption of modern and clean energy. These results are reliable with existing studies that nancial inclusion signi cantly enhances green economic e ciency (Boutabba et al, 2020Wang et al 2022. A similar nding is also reported by Shahbaz et al (2022), who infers that nancial inclusion increases the consumption of renewable energy in China.…”

“…Financial inclusion in uences the energy consumption level through the channel of economic growth. Financial inclusion stimulates energy e ciency through market development and nancing for scalable and affordable clean energy products speci cally for household purposes in developing economies (Boutabba et al, 2020).…”

The Role of Financial Inclusion in Moderating the Incidence of Entrepreneurship on Energy Poverty in Ghana

“…Regarding the nexus with the literature, it is worthwhile to articulate that though the study is based on interactive or nonlinear regressions, the finding that financial inclusion is relevant in reducing energy poverty is broadly consistent with prior studies on the subject (Levaï et al, 2011;Boutabba et al, 2020;Koomson & Danquah, 2021) as well as studies on the nexus between financial inclusion and less socio-economic exclusion (Sarma Pais, 2011;Kuri &Laha, 2011 ;Sharma, 2016;Danquah et al, 2017;Li, 2018 ;Koomson & Ibrahim, 2018 ;Park & Mercado, 2018;Stein & Yannelis, 2019;Matekenya et al, 2020 ;Omar & Inaba, 2020). Moreover, the fact that financial inclusion affects energy poverty indirectly via the entrepreneurship channel is consistent with the literature on channels by which development outcomes are reached (Alesina & Zhuravskaya, 2011;.…”

Impacts of firewood burning for cooking on respiratory health and healthcare utilisation: Empirical evidence from Sri Lankan micro‐data

“…For instance, some studies prove that microfinance has the potential to improve access to good quality, modern energy services. 49 Therefore, the results imply increased-access to micro-loans for households to purchase modern cooking stoves. Moreover, NGOs and microfinance institutions can support investors involved in the business of modern cooking stoves and related equipment.…”