Design options for a sustainable financial sector: Lessons from inclusive banking experiments

dc.contributor.author	United Nations Environment Programme
dc.coverage.spatial	Kenya
dc.coverage.spatial	South Africa
dc.date.accessioned	2016-10-11T20:15:39Z
dc.date.available	2016-10-11T20:15:39Z
dc.date.issued	2015
dc.description	Over 200 years ago, Adam Smith put forward the notion that individuals seeking to benefit themselves through trade were led as if by an invisible hand to a situation in which society as a whole could benefit. It can be argued, however, that social objectives such as sustainability, and inclusiveness, do not emerge spontaneously through market forces. Such outcomes have to be designed through legal structures and institutions. In other words, for the invisible hand to operate, there needs to be a visible hand behind it. The financial inclusion experiment in South Africa provides lessons for the design of the type of financial sector required for the transition from greed to green. "
dc.identifier.uri	https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/9741
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	United Nations Environment Programme
dc.rights.accessLevel	Public
dc.title	Design options for a sustainable financial sector: Lessons from inclusive banking experiments
dc.type	Communication or other resource
wd.identifier.sdgio	http://purl.unep.org/sdg/SDGIO_00000046

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