State of Financial Inclusion of Women in Pakistan

World Bank Group

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: FINANCIAL INCLUSION;    GENDER;    WOMEN ENTREPRENEURS;    ACCESS TO FINANCE;    REMITTANCES;   

RP-ID  :  134710

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Economic policymakers in developingcountries across the world are focusing on expandingfinancial inclusion. This agenda assumes greatersignificance for countries like Pakistan, where financialinclusion levels are quite low. It has led to several policyinterventions in Pakistan over the past decade and a half,including the promotion of microfinance, the promotion ofsmall and medium enterprise (SME) finance, and the enablingof digital finance. These interventions have begun to showresults. This background paper has been developed to informthe discussions on advancing women's financialinclusion in Pakistan. It seeks to map the current state offinancial access for women and to provide insights intotheir financial behavior gleaned from the recently completedAccess to Finance Surveys of 2015.