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Financial Resilience and Environmental Sustainability

Global South Perspectives

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Editors:
  1. Firdous Ahmad Malik

    1. Department of Management, University of People, Pasadena, USA

  2. Samriti Mahajan

    1. Department of Commerce and Management, Lingaya's Vidyapeeth, Faridabad, India

  3. Devendra Kumar Yadav

    1. Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, India

  4. Naveed Ahmad Lone

    1. Department of Economics, Government Degree College Pulwama, Srinagar, India

  5. Shahid Amin

    1. Department of Management, Institute of Technology and Management, Gwalior, India

  • Examines financial resilience and environmental sustainability challenges and provides policy insights for economies
  • Illustrates the impact of inclusive financial systems on global poverty reduction
  • Offers global south perspectives on green financing and development

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About this book

This book offers a thorough examination of financial resilience and environmental sustainability, focusing on the financing of environmental sustainability, and addressing the issues, challenges, and opportunities of green financing alongside sustainable development. It presents global South perspectives on the critical issues of financing and environmental sustainability, providing policy recommendations for economies grappling with these paradoxical concerns.

This book explores the challenges of financing and environmental sustainability through insights from various emerging economies. It combines theoretical, empirical, and model-based evidence to address the sustainability challenges faced by global economies, aligning with sustainable development goals.

The book investigates climate change and environmental degradation challenges and examines economic strategies for a sustainable future. With over one billion people living below the poverty line, many lacking access to financial products and services, this book aims to present practical examples of financial inclusion, using the sustainable development goals as a framework.

The book illustrates that comprehensive financial inclusion goes beyond credit access and bank account services, addressing the need for financially viable and accessible products and services that meet individuals' financial needs and vulnerabilities. It demonstrates how inclusive financial systems can empower those living in poverty globally, improving income levels, employment opportunities, livelihoods, and ultimately reducing poverty.

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. Theoretical and Conceptual Frame Work

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Advancing Financial Inclusion for Sustainable Development: Strategies and Recommendations for Achieving the SDGs

      • Rupali Ahluwalia, Nidhi Khurana
      Pages 3-23

    3. Unveiling Challenges: The Power of Global Financial Inclusion

      • Yashomandira Kharde, Prasad Vasant Joshi, Debadarshini Hota
      Pages 25-51

    4. A Bibliometric Analysis of the Impact of Digitalization on Acceptance of FinTech Services

      • Sana Fatima, Vartika Kapoor
      Pages 53-97

    5. A Nexus of Green Finance and Food Security in South Asia: A Systematic Literature Review Paradigm

      • Ilma Rizvi, Fouzia Mujeeb, Shahid Ashraf
      Pages 99-120

    6. Transforming Finance: Evolving Sustainable Investment Strategies to Advance Financial Inclusion Through Impact Investing and ESG Criteria—A Bibliometric Analysis

      • Priya Makhija, Anil Kumar, R. Thanga Kumar
      Pages 121-146

  3. Financial Resilience of Women in Global South Economies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 147-147
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    2. Exploring Women’s Financial Literacy: An Investigation of Socio-Economic and Institutional Parameters in Mumbai India

      • Firdous Ahmad Malik, Karishma Desai, Owais Ismaeil
      Pages 149-165

    3. Digital Financial Inclusion Among Self Help Group Women in India: A Study on Adoption, Ability and Attitude

      • Sakhi Roy, Ankita Singh
      Pages 167-188

    4. Navigating Entrepreneurship for Breaking Barriers and Financially Empowering Women (Case of National Capital of India)

      • Shivani Mehta
      Pages 189-208

    5. Exploring the Pathways through which Perceived Family Support influences Women's Financial Well-being & Resilience via Financial Autonomy

      • Sugandha Muduli, Jitender Pratap Singh, Chanda Gulati, Abhijeet Singh Chauhan
      Pages 209-227

    6. Microfinance and Women's Entrepreneurship in Uttar Pradesh: A Study on Empowerment

      • Garima Singh, Firdous Ahmad Malik
      Pages 229-246

    7. A Study on Financial Inclusion, Financial Resilience in India Pre and Post COVID-19: A Multi-Dimensional Approach

      • Priyanka Yadav, Devendra Kumar Yadav, Bhavesh Parmar
      Pages 247-263

  4. Impact of Financial Inclusion on Environmental Sustainability

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 265-265
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    2. Nexus Between Financial Inclusion and Environmental Sustainability

      • Hamad Raza, Ahsan Riaz, Behrooz Gharleghi, Nimra Riaz
      Pages 267-297

    3. Embracing Green Finance for Sustainable Business Growth: The Malaysian SME Experience

      • Meng Kui Hu, Daisy Mui Hung Kee
      Pages 299-314

    4. Financial Inclusion and Environmental Sustainability in African Countries: Role of Technology Innovation

      • Awaisu Adamu Salihi, Haslindar Ibrahim, Dayana Mastura Baharudin
      Pages 315-337

    5. Transition from Load Capacity to Environmental Kuznets for Financial Inclusion—Impact of Innovation and Entrepreneurship on Carbon Dioxide Emissions

      • Mohammad Tallal Mohammad, Shajara Ul-Durar, Noman Arshed
      Pages 339-359

    6. From Shadows to Spotlight in Current Era: An Insight into the Informal Economy's Influence on Growth Under Governmental Oversight in Global South Fatf Grey List States

      • Laeeq Razzak Janjua, Laura Elly Naghi, Mirela Panait, Marian Siminică
      Pages 361-386
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Management, University of People, Pasadena, USA

    Firdous Ahmad Malik

  • Department of Commerce and Management, Lingaya's Vidyapeeth, Faridabad, India

    Samriti Mahajan

  • Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, India

    Devendra Kumar Yadav

  • Department of Economics, Government Degree College Pulwama, Srinagar, India

    Naveed Ahmad Lone

  • Department of Management, Institute of Technology and Management, Gwalior, India

    Shahid Amin

About the editors

Dr. Firdous Ahmad Malik is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of People, Pasadena, California. He has been a research fellow at the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy and a Senior Research Associate at O.P. Jindal Global University. He holds a Master's in Economics from the University of Kashmir and a Ph.D. and MPhil from Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University. His research focuses on Microfinance, Financial Inclusion, and Financial Literacy, with publications in Springer, Elsevier, and Taylor & Francis. He actively promotes research among young scholars through YSI and other international organizations.

Dr. Samriti Mahajan, Sr. Associate Professor & HoD at Lingaya’s Vidyapeeth, Faridabad, has 12+ years of experience in teaching, research, and administration. A Postdoctoral Fellow at Amity Dubai University, she holds a Ph.D. in Management and an MBA in Marketing & Biotechnology. She specializes in digital marketing, consumer behavior, and brand management. She has authored two books, 10+ chapters, and numerous indexed research papers, holding five design and 20 utility patents. Recognized with multiple awards, she speaks at international conferences and leads ICSSR-funded projects on sustainability, excelling in leadership, research mentoring, and curriculum development.


Dr. D.K. Yadav, M.A., Ph.D., is a Professor of Economics at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, India. He earned his Ph.D. in Money Banking and Financial Institutions from Allahabad University. With 15 years of teaching experience, he specializes in Econometric Theory, Monetary Economics, and Public Finance. A member of the Indian Political Economic Association and the Indian Econometric Association, he has published extensively in Springer, Elsevier, and other Scopus-indexed journals. He has also supervised numerous Ph.D. and MPhil students.


Dr. Naveed Ahmad Lone is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Government Degree College Pulwama, J&K. He has previously taught at AAAM Degree College Bemina, IUST Awantipora, and BGSB University Rajouri. He holds a Ph.D. from BBAU (Central University) Lucknow and has qualified NET/JRF in Economics, along with receiving an ICSSR doctoral fellowship. His research focuses on monetary economics, social development, and Islamic finance, with over a dozen publications in national and international journals. He has delivered lectures at various academic events and serves as an editor for reputed international journals. A member of multiple Boards of Studies, he has completed an ICSSR-funded research project on financial inclusion. He has supervised numerous PG scholars and currently mentors three Ph.D. candidates.

Dr. Shahid Amin is an Associate Professor in the Department of Management and Convener of the Institute’s Innovation Council at the Institute of Technology and Management, Gwalior, M.P., India. An alumnus (FDP) of IIM Ahmedabad, he has over 12 years of teaching and research experience. His research is published in refereed journals, and he regularly contributes columns to newspapers and magazines. He has received several awards, including the ‘Academic Excellence Award’ from ERDA, the ‘Best Teacher Award’ at ITM University Gwalior (2021-22), the ‘Rashtriya Gaurav Saman Award’ (2019) for Social Service Contributions from the International Youth Society, and a ‘Certificate of Excellence’ from Govt. Degree College Tral, Kashmir.

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Financial Resilience and Environmental Sustainability

  • Book Subtitle: Global South Perspectives

  • Editors: Firdous Ahmad Malik, Samriti Mahajan, Devendra Kumar Yadav, Naveed Ahmad Lone, Shahid Amin

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-4269-4

  • Publisher: Springer Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2025

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-96-4268-7Published: 20 May 2025

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-96-4271-7Due: 03 June 2026

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-96-4269-4Published: 19 May 2025

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXII, 519

  • Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 73 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics, Sustainable Development, Economic Growth

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