Europe and Central Asia Economic Update, Spring 2019 : Financial Inclusion

World Bank

Washington, DC: World Bank

关键词: ECONOMIC FORECASTS;    GLOBAL VALUE CHAINS;    TRADABLE SERVICES;    TRADE;    TRANSITION;   

DOI  :  10.1016/978-1-4648-1409-9
RP-ID  :  135841

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Financial services can help drive development by facilitating people’sinvestments in their health, education, and businesses, and making iteasier for people to manage emergencies. There is great variation infinancial inclusion in the Europe and Central Asia region. Some countrieshave seen significant growth in account ownership, despite starting froma low base. These experiences underline the potential role of digitalpayments in driving financial inclusion. But nearly 30 percent ofunbanked adults report trust in banks as a barrier, which is nearly doublethe developing country average. And in some countries, gender gaps inaccount ownership remain significant. Given the heterogeneity ofexperiences, there are ample opportunities for countries in the region tolearn from each other and contribute to the rich research and operationalagenda going forward.