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Although the relationship between financial development and economic growth have been extensively studied, the literature that examines the role of financial inclusion, as a key factor of financial development, and the possible impact of governance quality on financial inclusion link to growth is not as vast. Promoting financial inclusion and developing good governance are main, but challenging priorities in the MENA region. The paper empirically investigates the relationship between financial inclusion, governance, and economic growth in the MENA region. A system General Method of Moments (GMM) dynamic panel model technique is employed on annual data for 44 emerging markets (EMs) and MENA over the period 1990–2018, using a number of measures of financial inclusion covering the households and the firms’ access to finance. Particularly, the study uses indicators such as the number of bank …