December 2017 4 Gross domestic product Page 3 of 12  are lost and the real wages decline among the lower-skilled workers in some countries. These developments could aggravate income inequality both within and between countries.5 If left unchecked, security concerns and threats may also increase, compromising governments, businesses and individuals.
This is a huge drag to development that is driven by financial access. We know from established wisdom that poverty is very rural based in countries we come from. Access to finance allows the poor to escape poverty by building their assets through savings and credit.