State of Financial Inclusion of Women in Pakistan

Economic policymakers in developing countries across the world are focusing on expanding financial inclusion. This agenda assumes greater significance for countries like Pakistan, where financial inclusion levels are quite low. It has led to severa...

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Main Author:	World Bank Group
Format:	Report
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
Subjects:	FINANCIAL INCLUSION GENDER WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS ACCESS TO FINANCE REMITTANCES MOBILE MONEY SAVINGS INSURANCE MICROFINANCE ISLAMIC FINANCE BANKING REFORM
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/395011550264178924/State-of-Financial-Inclusion-of-Women-in-Pakistan http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31323

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spelling	okr-10986-313232021-05-25T09:21:50Z State of Financial Inclusion of Women in Pakistan World Bank Group FINANCIAL INCLUSION GENDER WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS ACCESS TO FINANCE REMITTANCES MOBILE MONEY SAVINGS INSURANCE MICROFINANCE ISLAMIC FINANCE BANKING REFORM Economic policymakers in developing countries across the world are focusing on expanding financial inclusion. This agenda assumes greater significance for countries like Pakistan, where financial inclusion levels are quite low. It has led to several policy interventions in Pakistan over the past decade and a half, including the promotion of microfinance, the promotion of small and medium enterprise (SME) finance, and the enabling of digital finance. These interventions have begun to show results. This background paper has been developed to inform the discussions on advancing women's financial inclusion in Pakistan. It seeks to map the current state of financial access for women and to provide insights into their financial behavior gleaned from the recently completed Access to Finance Surveys of 2015. 2019-02-25T17:51:19Z 2019-02-25T17:51:19Z 2018 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/395011550264178924/State-of-Financial-Inclusion-of-Women-in-Pakistan http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31323 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Other Financial Sector Study Economic & Sector Work South Asia Pakistan
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description	Economic policymakers in developing countries across the world are focusing on expanding financial inclusion. This agenda assumes greater significance for countries like Pakistan, where financial inclusion levels are quite low. It has led to several policy interventions in Pakistan over the past decade and a half, including the promotion of microfinance, the promotion of small and medium enterprise (SME) finance, and the enabling of digital finance. These interventions have begun to show results. This background paper has been developed to inform the discussions on advancing women's financial inclusion in Pakistan. It seeks to map the current state of financial access for women and to provide insights into their financial behavior gleaned from the recently completed Access to Finance Surveys of 2015.
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title	State of Financial Inclusion of Women in Pakistan
title_short	State of Financial Inclusion of Women in Pakistan
title_full	State of Financial Inclusion of Women in Pakistan
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publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2019
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State of Financial Inclusion of Women in Pakistan

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