If, as Cartwright suggests, there is more methodologically that links the natural and social sciences than divides them, there could be considerable scope for disciplinary cross-pollination of ideas and models. So just how interdisciplinary is economics? The short answer appears, regrettably, to be “not very”. Table 1 looks at responses by professionals in different social sciences to the proposition “inter-disciplinary knowledge is better than knowledge obtained by a single discipline” (Fourcade, Ollion and Algan (2015)). A majority, often a large majority, of other social sciences agree with this statement. Only in economics do a majority disagree. 8  All speeches are available online at www.bankofengland.co.uk/publications/Pages/speeches/default.aspx  8  Table 1: Responses to the question - Interdisciplinary knowledge is better than knowledge obtained by a single discipline? Source: Fourcade, Ollion and Algan (2015). Notes: Table shows responses as a percentage of professors in each discipline. Economists’ words are matched by their actions. The science periodical Nature recently published interdisciplinary indices, measuring the number of references made to outside disciplines by a subject area and the number of citations made outside the discipline to that subject area. Over the period 1950-2014, economics sat in the bottom left-hand quadrant (Chart 3). Alongside theoretical physics, economics was at the bottom of the inter-disciplinary league table (van Noordan (2015)). Chart 3: Citations and references to outside  Chart 4: Citations and references to outside  disciplines  disciplines over time  Source: van Noordan (2015). Source: van Noordan (2015).
Caleb M Fundanga: Increasing access to financial services in Zambia Remarks by Dr Caleb M Fundanga, Governor of the Bank of Zambia, at the foundation stone laying ceremony of the new Stanbic Bank Premises, Lusaka, 10 July 2009. *  *  *  Mr. Ben Kruger, Deputy Group Chief Executive of the Standard Bank Group; Mr. Clive Tasker, Chief Executive Officer of Standard Bank Africa; Ms Pindie Nyando ro, Regional Managing Director; Mrs. Nikki Twomey, Director Brand Marketing at Standard Bank; Chairman of the Stanbic Bank Board, Mr. Larry Kalala; Directors of the Stanbic Bank Board; Managing Director, Stanbic Bank Mr. Joseph Chikolwa; Management and staff of Stanbic Bank; Representative from the Construction Company, Barnett’s and Farmers House Plc; Mr. Roger Miller Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen. I am honoured and thankful for the invitation to officiate at this important Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony of the new Stanbic Head Office premises. Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen; allow me to begin by commending Stanbic Bank Zambia Limited for the important role it continues to play in the financial sector in Zambia. Since, 1992 when Stanbic Bank was established in Zambia, the bank has grown to be one of the biggest players in the market. As at 31 May 2009, the bank accounted for about 14% of the banking sector’s total assets, while its deposit base accounted for 15% of total sector deposits. More importantly, the bank’s loan portfolio accounted for 15% of the total loans in the sector.