Towards Sustainable Economic Development Via Financial Inclusion: A Study Case Of Algeria

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the relationship between financial inclusion and sustainable economic development in Algeria based on annual data from 2007 to 2017. Our applied research is based on ordinary least squares method (OLS), an appropriate standard model is found and has been shown to be efficient for shortterm forecasting. We relied on a multiple linear regression model , using independent variables representing financial inclusion (loans and total loans, number of bank branches, investment) and dependent variable representing sustainable economic development (GPD/capita), The result showed that there is a direct relationship between the indicators of financial inclusion and sustainable economic development, and increasing financial inclusion is the most important pillars of good economic performance and sustainable economic development.