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VideoApril 19, 2012

More than Half World's Poor Don't Use Banks

Name: More than Half World's Poor Don't Use Banks
Uploaded: 2016-08-30T14:25:00.938
Duration: 2 min 44 s
Channel: World Bank Group
Description: More than half of the world's poor don't have bank accounts, leaving them vulnerable to loss, theft and exploitation. A new Gallup Poll for the World Bank also indicates many 'unbanked' women may not control their own assets and that people without access to banks are more likely to remain in poverty.

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More than half of the world's poor don't have bank accounts, leaving them vulnerable to loss, theft and exploitation. A new Gallup Poll for the World Bank also indicates many 'unbanked' women may not control their own assets and that people without access to banks are more likely to remain in poverty.

New Database Shows Three Quarters of World’s Poor Are “Unbanked”

More than Half World's Poor Don't Use Banks

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